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Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
Thursday October 20th, 2011 :: 03:27 p.m. CDT

Advisory

FREEZE WARNING from 2 a.m. - 9 a.m. Sub-freezing temperature are likely during this time.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
322 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...COLD TEMPERATURES AND FROST EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...

.A COMBINATION OF AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS AND LIGHT WINDS
WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD
FROST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
SOUTH AS WELL TONIGHT. SOME FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

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CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...
ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...
BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE
322 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE
WARNED AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ALICEVILLE...TO
SYLACAUGA...TO VALLEY LINE. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS AS IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE FREEZE
WARNING.


* TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 34 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES...WITH THE LOWEST READINGS EXPECTED
IN SHELTERED VALLEYS.

* IMPACTS...PREMATURELY BUDDING PLANTS...SHRUBS...AND TREES WILL
BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE COLD TEMPERATURES AND MAY SUFFER FROST
DAMAGE AND COULD BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION

Address/Location
Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
90 E Broad St
Gadsden, AL 35903

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

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