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Monday, December 2, 2013

Urgent weather message - National weather service - Hard freeze watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
331 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013

...FREEZE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND FOOTHILL
LOCATIONS LATER THIS WEEK...

.A VERY COLD AIRMASS ORIGINATING FROM WESTERN CANADA WILL MOVE
INTO CALIFORNIA BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR
FREEZING ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD SUB-
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY
NIGHT.
 
CAZ064-066-067-030000-
/O.CON.KSTO.HZ.A.0001.131205T0800Z-131207T1800Z/
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKEPORT...PARADISE
331 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013

...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BELOW 2000 FEET...

* TEMPERATURES: IN THE 20S.

* TIMING: WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PARADISE...LAKEPORT...PLACERVILLE...SONORA.

* IMPACTS: COLD TEMPERATURES COULD KILL CROPS AND SENSITIVE
  VEGETATION...HARM PETS AND LIVESTOCK AND COULD CAUSE PIPES TO
  BURST.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.