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1 URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT......LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON... ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORLANDO...SANFORD...KISSIMMEE... ST CLOUD...DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING......FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * TEMPERATURE...VERY COLD AIR WILL AFFECT ORANGE...SEMINOLE... OSCEOLA AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT. LATE NIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST NEAR 15 MPH DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES CAN KILL CROPS AND OTHER TENDER VEGETATION IF NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECTED. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE HIGHLY LIKELY. REMEMBER TO BRING PETS AND HOUSE PLANTS INDOORS. PROTECT OUTDOOR TENDER VEGETATION. DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE COLD TEMPERATURES. BE EXTRA CAREFUL WITH KEROSENE AND SPACE HEATERS. BE SURE TO KEEP SPACE HEATERS AWAY FROM CURTAINS AND OTHER FLAMMABLE MATERIALS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

2 Hazardous Weather Outlook HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK 516 AM EST MON JAN INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 516 AM EST MON JAN THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA..DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT..EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT... THE COLDEST AIR OF THIS WINTER SEASON WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT NORTH OF LINE FROM PORT SAINT JOHN IN NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY TO LAKE KISSIMMEE IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM OSCEOLA AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY NORTHWARD. A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS INLAND VOLUSIA AND LAKE COUNTY WHERE LOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. IN ADDITION TO THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS USHERING IN THE COLD AIR. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS ACROSS LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES AND INTO THE 20S TO LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS...BRING PLANTS AND PET INDOORS IN THE FREEZE WARNING AREA. COVER EXPOSED PIPES IN THE HARD FREEZE WARNING AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WITH KEROSENE AND SPACE HEATERS. DO NOT PLACE SPACE HEATERS NEAR CURTAINS OR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS. DRESS WARMLY IF VENTURING OUTDOORS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE COLD WEATHER..HIGH WIND IMPACT... BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM OSCEOLA AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES NORTHWARD. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS ROUGH FOR SMALL CRAFT ON AREA LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY ALSO FIND TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY COLD WILL CHILLS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TUESDAY MORNING. DRESS WARMLY WHEN VENTURING TO SCHOOL OR WORK TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE COLD WEATHER. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS INLAND VOLUSIA AND LAKE COUNTIES AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL KEEP CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC INTO TUESDAY AND GUSTY ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MID WEEK WITH ELEVATED SEAS OFFSHORE..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

3 Wind Chill Advisory URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE 413 AM EST MON JAN VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE- ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORLANDO...SANFORD...MELBOURNE... PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE... FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...TITUSVILLE 413 AM EST MON JAN WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...LATE NIGHT TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALLOW WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP INTO THE 20S TO LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL POSE A HAZARD TO THOSE OUTDOORS WITHOUT APPROPRIATE PROTECTION. DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. PETS ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO COLD WEATHER. MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTER INDOORS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS WARMLY IN LAYERS AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

4 Lake Wind Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT......LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON... ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORLANDO...SANFORD...KISSIMMEE... ST CLOUD...DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING......FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * TEMPERATURE...VERY COLD AIR WILL AFFECT ORANGE...SEMINOLE... OSCEOLA AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT. LATE NIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST NEAR 15 MPH DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES CAN KILL CROPS AND OTHER TENDER VEGETATION IF NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECTED. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE HIGHLY LIKELY. REMEMBER TO BRING PETS AND HOUSE PLANTS INDOORS. PROTECT OUTDOOR TENDER VEGETATION. DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE COLD TEMPERATURES. BE EXTRA CAREFUL WITH KEROSENE AND SPACE HEATERS. BE SURE TO KEEP SPACE HEATERS AWAY FROM CURTAINS AND OTHER FLAMMABLE MATERIALS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

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