Hard Freeze Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
325 PM PST SAT FEB 26 2011

...RECORD AND NEAR RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

.VERY COLD AIR REMAINS OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AROUND SUNRISE SUNDAY
MORNING...POSSIBLY HARMING SPRING AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDEST AWAY FROM URBAN AREAS. NORTHEAST WINDS
WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES A BIT WARMER IN THE NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS
ABOVE THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND MOTHERLODE.

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NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDDING...CHICO...STOCKTON...MODESTO...
ALDER SPRINGS...LAKEPORT
325 PM PST SAT FEB 26 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PST
SUNDAY...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PST
SUNDAY.

* MINIMUM TEMPERATURES: RANGING FROM 26 TO 28 DEGREES IN COLDEST
  OUTLYING AREAS TO AROUND 28 DEGREES IN URBAN AREAS. THE REDDING
  AND RED BLUFF AREAS MAY GET DOWN TO 25 DEGREES.

* DURATIONS: RURAL AREAS COULD REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR 6 TO 8
  HOURS IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE
  SHORTER FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...PERHAPS
  4 HOURS OR SO. TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY
  MAY REMAIN BELOW 28 DEGREES FOR 3 TO 5 HOURS...WHILE FARTHER
  SOUTH IT APPEARS THIS DURATION MAY BE 1 TO 3 HOURS.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REDDING... RED BLUFF... CHICO...
  MARYSVILLE... SACRAMENTO... STOCKTON... MODESTO...LAKEPORT.

* IMPACTS: DAMAGE POSSIBLE TO APRICOTS... ALMONDS...PLUMS AND
  PEACHES IN THEIR BUDDING AND FLOWERING STAGE. ICY CONDITIONS
  FORMING ON ROADS WHERE ROADS ARE WET. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE
  AND BURST.

  AND DON`T FORGET YOUR PETS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
POSSIBLE WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES FOR 3 TO 5 HOURS.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION. PEOPLE AND PETS SHOULD BE INSIDE SHELTER DURING THE
COLDEST PART OF THE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS.
Direct post from NWS
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