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The national weather service has issued a hard freeze warning for Lowndes County from 1:18 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31 until 12 noon Tuesday, Jan. 2. There is also a hard freeze watch from 1:18 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31 until 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4.

A Hard Freeze Warning means very cold temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions could be hazardous to property, pets, and plants. A Hard Freeze Watch means very cold temperatures are forecast to impact the area, and could be hazardous to your property, pets, and plants.

Areas affected include Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston counties.