HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING… .
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S AT MANY LOCATIONS. THIS WILL DAMAGE ANY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION IF NOT PROTECTED.
COUNTIES INCLUDED…IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MARENGO…IOWA CITY…TIPTON…CLINTON…MUSCATINE…DAVENPORT…BETTENDORF…SIGOURNEY…WASHINGTON…WAPELLO…FAIRFIELD…MOUNT PLEASANT…BURLINGTON… KEOSAUQUA…FORT MADISON…STERLING… MOLINE…ROCK ISLAND…GENESEO… PRINCETON… HENNEPIN…ALEDO…OQUAWKA…MONMOUTH…CARTHAGE…MACOMB…MEMPHIS…KAHOKA
316 AM CDT FRI APR 8 2016 …FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW 28 DEGREES FOR 5 TO 8 HOURS ACROSS THE AREA. * TIMING…1 AM SATURDAY MORNING TO 9 AM SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…NEW GROWTH OF VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED IF SENSITIVE PLANTS ARE NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. COVER SENSITIVE PLANTS OR BRING INDOORS FOR PROTECTION.
