Hard Freeze Warning Issued

As we prepare for the coldest air in years, the NWS in Birmingham has went ahead and issued a Hard Freeze Warning for every county in the CWA from Sunday night through Tuesday. The very cold air moves in late tomorrow and will stick around for a few days.

Later today, we expect surrounding NWA Offices to issue similar advisories for their counties, which will include the Tennessee Valley of Alabama, Central Georgia and Central Mississippi.

Now is the time to take precautions and to remember the 4 P’s: People, Pets, Pipes, and Plants.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO
NOON CST TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES…OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND 20S SUNDAY NIGHT…AND SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS MONDAY NIGHT.
DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW FREEZING ON MONDAY.

* IMPACTS…AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 15 DEGREES
COULD CAUSE RUPTURED WATER PIPES…AND POSE A THREAT TO
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND LIVESTOCK. THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE AND PETS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO
THE COLD.

…RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AS ARCTIC AIRMASS INVADES
CENTRAL ALABAMA…

.AN EXTREMELY COLD AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES
WILL PLUMMET BY AT LEAST 20 DEGREES IN ONLY A FEW HOURS WITH
FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
AT LEAST TUESDAY…WITH MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINING BELOW FREEZING
FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT HARD
FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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