HARD FREEZE WARNING SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA & NO
Hard Freeze Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1200 PM PST SAT JAN 12 2013
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NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDDING...CHICO...STOCKTON...MODESTO
1200 PM PST SAT JAN 12 2013
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING FOR THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA AND NORTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PST SUNDAY.
* TEMPERATURES: MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER
TEENS IN COLDEST AREAS OF THE VALLEY TO UPPER 20S IN LARGE URBAN
AREAS. DURATIONS BELOW 28 DEGREES OF 3 TO 6 HOURS ARE LIKELY.
* TIMING: LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REDDING...CHICO...YUBA CITY...SACRAMENTO...
VACAVILLE...FAIRFIELD...STOCKTON...MODESTO.
* IMPACTS: LONG DURATIONS BELOW FREEZING WILL KILL UNPROTECTED
FREEZE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. EXPOSED WATER PIPES COULD BURST.
PETS AND LIVESTOCK FEEL THE EXTREME COLD AS WELL.
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.
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