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.

HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the Hard Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected. For the Hard Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 23 possible. * WHERE...Coffee, Jeff Davis, Bacon, Appling, Wayne, Atkinson, Pierce, Echols, Clinch and Northern Ware Counties. * WHEN...For the Hard Freeze Warning, from 1 AM to 10 AM EST Saturday. For the Hard Freeze Watch, from Saturday evening through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.