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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
445 AM CST THU APR 4 2002

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-041600-
ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY-
CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY-
CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY-
GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY-
HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL-
LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-
MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN-
POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN-
STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN-
WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL-
WILLIAMSON IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...
MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HARRISBURG...
CARBONDALE AND CAIRO
705 PM CST WED APR 3 2002

...FREEZE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID MORNING...

TEMPERATURES FELL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN 
ILLINOIS JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND AS OF 4 AM...MOST OF THE QUAD 
STATE REGION HAD READINGS AT OR BELOW FREEZING.  THE HARDEST HIT 
AREAS WERE FROM MARION THROUGH MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS...WHERE 
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN IN THE UPPER 20S FOR OVER 4 HOURS.  
TEMPERATURES MAY FALL A FEW MORE DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE...WITH MOST 
LOCATIONS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES.  
INCREASING UPPER LEVEL CLOUD COVER MAY SLOW THE WARMING TREND THIS 
MORNING...BUT READINGS SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BY 9 AM. 

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE ONCE AGAIN FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE 
MID AND UPPER 20S THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE REGION...SO ANOTHER 
FREEZE ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR TONIGHT.

A FREEZE ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST
TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE
WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.
ALSO, POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR
BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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DRS