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NEW FREEZE EVENT FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA MARIA...LOMPOC...VANDENBERG
211 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2014

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PST SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURES AND TIMING...WIND SHELTERED AREAS WILL SEE TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ONCE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 29 AND 32 DEGREES. LOW LYING AREAS NEAR LOMPOC ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.

* IMPACTS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO CROPS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES 29 AND 32 FOR TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS ARE IMMINENT. PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO SAVE CROPS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION SHOULD BE TAKEN. VULNERABLE ANIMALS AND
PETS SHOULD BE KEPT INDOORS IN A HOUSE OR BARN. EXPOSED PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED TO KEEP THEM FROM BURSTING