Active AlertsBlocker, FL

What: Hard freeze with temperatures of 20 to 25 expected with some pockets of upper teens possible.
Where: Portions of southeast Alabama, the Big Bend and Panhandle of Florida, and south central and southwest Georgia.
When: From Thursday evening through Friday morning.
Impacts: Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-ground pipes to protect them from freezing.