Freezing Temperatures Possible This Weekend

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
257 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2008

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

.EARLY SPRING COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND AS A
CANADIAN AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SUNDAY MORNING AND
MONDAY MORNING.

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052-130400-
/O.CON.KOUN.FZ.A.0002.080414T0600Z-080414T1400Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-
CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-
OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-
HUGHES-GREER-KIOWA-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-MARSHALL-BRYAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...ARNETT...
WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...
WATONGA...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...
ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...
CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...
HOLDENVILLE...MANGUM...HOBART...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...
SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...
MADILL...DURANT

257 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2008

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

LOW TEMPERATURES MONDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA. TEMPERATURES IN
THE UPPER 20S WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA
AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS ELSEWHERE.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
300 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2008

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HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-
FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-

300 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2008

...FROST OR FREEZE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS...

A COOL AND DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES MAY FALL TO OR BELOW FREEZING
SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. THE MAIN
IMPACT FROM THIS COLD SPELL WILL BE ON NEWLY BLOOMED OR PLANTED
VEGETATION.

A LIGHT FREEZE OR AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AS TEMPERATURES FALL
TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. HOWEVER... A MORE WIDESPREAD AND
SIGNIFICANT FREEZE IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING... AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE REGION AND CAUSES WINDS
TO BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.
MEANWHILE... A FREEZE WATCH COVERS MOST OF OKLAHOMA SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE FREEZE WATCH DOES NOT EXTEND INTO FAR
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA OR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... PATCHY FROST MAY OCCUR
IN THESE AREAS MONDAY MORNING.

PERSONS ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS SHOULD TAKE STEPS
NOW TO PROTECT ANY TENDER VEGETATION THAT HAS BEEN RECENTLY PLANTED
OR HAS RECENTLY BLOOMED.