Jan 6, 2014
From the National Weather Service: Hard Freeze Warning
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY FOR THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION... FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FILL IN BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALBANY TO PANAMA CITY THIS MORNING. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR TEMPERATURES TO RECOVER TO ABOVE FREEZING CONDITIONS...AND EVEN THEN TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S AREA WIDE. HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EVERYWHERE...WITH SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO LAST ALL DAY TUESDAY ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
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Due to the impending inclement weather, Walton County is opening two cold weather shelters to accommodate those in need of respite from the predicted cold weather:
DeFuniak Springs Community Center
361 North 10th Street
DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433
Call The Matrix for more information 892-1090
Coastal Branch Library/ Community Center
437 Greenway Trail
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
Call Kiwanis Club for more information 974-2071
At this time, the duration of operation is undetermined, but the shelters are expected to remain open for the length of the freeze advisory.