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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 412 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2000 .CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO PLUNGE AFTER SUNSET...FALLING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. VERY DRY AIR WILL PREVENT THE FORMATION OF FROST...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING ENDANGERING AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. VAZ049-063-064-070>078-081>086-089>091-094-101200- CAROLINE-CHARLES CITY-CHESTERFIELD INCLUDING COLONIAL HEIGHTS-ESSEX- GLOUCESTER-HANOVER-HENRICO INCLUDING RICHMOND- JAMES CITY INCLUDING WILLIAMSBURG-KING AND QUEEN-KING WILLIAM- LANCASTER-LOUISA-MATHEWS-MIDDLESEX-NEW KENT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORTHUMBERLAND-PRINCE GEORGE INCLUDING PETERSBURG & HOPEWELL- RICHMOND-SURRY-WESTMORELAND-YORK INCLUDING POQUOSON CITY- ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS...ENDANGERING ANY EXPOSED TENDER VEGETATION. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS...AND ALL THOSE WITH VULNERABLE PLANTS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT THEIR PLANTS TONIGHT. $$ CRS |
WWUS71 KAKQ WBCNPWAKQ As needed, with updates every 6 hours after initial issuance. Additional Info: Updates to the Freeze Warning are issued through the same product. They are headlined in the Public Zone Forecasts, and are issued when temperatures are expected to fall below 32 degrees and end or delay the growing season. |