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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY... * WHAT...For the first Hard Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 22 expected. For the second Hard Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 19 expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Coffee, Dale and Henry Counties. In Georgia, Quitman, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun, Terrell, Lee and Early Counties. * WHEN...For the first Hard Freeze Warning, until 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ this morning. For the second Hard Freeze Warning, from midnight EST /11 PM CST/ tonight to 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.