Freeze Warnings are in effect for 195 counties in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi as temperatures fall as low as 24 degrees.
A freeze is taking place this morning, and a colder freeze is expected late tonight into Sunday morning, the first freezing nights of the season for many areas.
Counties under the warnings
In Alabama (61): 39 counties in central Alabama (Marion to Barbour, including Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery and Lee), 11 in northern Alabama (Lauderdale to Cullman, including Madison and Morgan), 8 in southwest Alabama (Choctaw to Crenshaw), and Coffee, Dale and Henry.
In Georgia (102): 66 counties in north-central and central Georgia (including Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, Clarke, Bibb and Muscogee), 30 counties in north and northwest Georgia (Dade to Harris), and Calhoun, Clay, Early, Quitman, Randolph and Terrell in southwest Georgia.
In Mississippi (32): 31 counties in central and northern Mississippi (Bolivar to Clarke, including Hinds, Rankin and Lauderdale), plus Wayne County.
How cold it gets
North Georgia could see lows as low as 24 early Sunday. Northern Alabama could reach 26, and Mississippi and central Alabama 28 to 29.
Southwest Georgia and southeast Alabama expect lows of 31 or lower with a new Freeze Warning, upgraded from a watch.
When the warnings run
Many warnings run until 8 AM CST (9 AM EST) this morning, then resume from midnight CST (1 AM EST) to 8 AM CST (9 AM EST) Sunday.
Some zones, including most of central Georgia and the southwest Alabama and Georgia zones, are under a Freeze Warning only for Sunday morning.
A cold weekend
NWS Birmingham says a pair of cold fronts will keep the cold through the weekend, with a widespread frost or freeze on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Protect the 4 P’s
Protect people, pets, plants and pipes. Wrap, drain or let outdoor pipes drip slowly, and drain in-ground sprinkler systems.
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