FORT BEND COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
January 5, 2010
HARD FREEZE WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1158 AM CST TUES JAN 5 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH……WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING……………FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER WHARTON-
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH SE TX LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURS MORNING…… EXPECT SLOWLY FALLING TEMPS DURING THE DAY WITH READINGS FALLING BELOW FREEZING IN NORTHERN COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON & THEN AREA WIDE DURING THE EVENING…. THURS NIGHT AND FRI MORNING LOW TEMPS FOR MUCH OF SE TX EXCEPT
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT OR BELOW 25 DEGREES FOR TWO HRS OR MORE….. THESE HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY REQUIRE A HARD FREEZE WARNING………SIMILAR TEMPS ARE ANTICIPATED AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT & SAT MORNING & THEN AGAIN ON SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SE TX EXPECT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
FURTHER DETAILS ON THE DURATION OF FREEZING TEMPS WILL BE PROVIDED AS THE EVENT NEARS & THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EVENT BECOMES MORE CLEAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.
A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPS ARE POSSIBLE…. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF FREEZING TEMPS FROM LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN MORNING….. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS & OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION….. SENSITIVE PLANTS & ANIMALS WILL
REQUIRE PROTECTION….. A HARD FREEZE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO EXPOSED PIPES. BEGIN MAKING PLANS FOR FOLKS THAT MIGHT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP….ESPECIALLY
THE ELDERLY & THE VERY YOUNG……. EXTRA PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WILL BE NEEDED FOR ANYONE EXPECTED TO BE OUTDOORS AT THESE TIMES.
