URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 152 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012 CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTYRAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITYRAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITYBACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 152 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. * LOCATION...EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN FREMONT...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 28 TO 32 DEGREES...WITH A FEW COLDER READINGS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A LIGHT FREEZE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. TEMPERATURES WILL BE EVEN COLDER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 20S...RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. * IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED VEGETATION AND CAN FREEZE EXPOSED PIPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.