HARD FREEZE WARNING

LIBERTY, January 5, 2010 - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY.

UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 25 DEGREES...GENERALLY AROUND AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ANDERSON IN GRIMES COUNTY TO CONROE TO CLEVELAND. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR READINGS TO FALL BELOW 25 DEGREES FOR TWO HOURS OR MORE...SO A HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY MORNING LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FREEZING...BUT HARD FREEZE VALUES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PLANT LIFE... PETS...PIPES AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE.