Record and Near Record Cold Temperatures Expected this Weekend

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
255 AM PST FRI FEB 25 2011

...RECORD AND NEAR RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
WEEKEND...

.BEHIND THE CURRENT COLD WEATHER SYSTEM TEMPERATURES FOR MOST
LOCATIONS WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. A HARD FREEZE WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH END OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS
BOTH MORNINGS WHILE A HARD FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF
LOCATIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEYS AND DELTA ON SUNDAY.

...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING BELOW 2000 FEET.

* TEMPERATURES: MID 20S TO LOWER 30S SATURDAY MORNING AND MID
  20S TO UPPER 20S ON SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND
  DELTA. MANY FOOTHILL LOCATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET WILL HAVE
  TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 20S BOTH MORNINGS.

* TIMING: BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM EACH MORNING THIS WEEKEND.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REDDING...CHICO...MARYSVILLE...STOCKTON
  MODESTO...PARADISE...AUBURN...LAKEPORT.

* IMPACTS: DAMAGE POSSIBLE TO APRICOTS...ALMONDS...PLUMS AND
  PEACHES IN THEIR BUDDING AND FLOWERING STAGE. ICY ROADS IN
  SNOWY LOCATIONS. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE AND BURST.