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Freeze Warning In Effect Overnight Through Wednesday Morning

Last Updated on April 12, 2016 3:19 pm

From the National Weather Service

…TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT…

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND
BRING COLD AIR TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW
FREEZING AND THIS MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION IN AREAS
WHERE THE GROWING SEASON IS UNDERWAY.

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/O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0008.160413T0600Z-160413T1300Z/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WEST JEFFERSON…SPARTA…BOONE
228 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2016

…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS…THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

* HAZARDS…BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

* TEMPERATURES…30 TO 32 DEGREES.

* TIMING…OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS…TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE SEVERELY DAMAGED OR KILLED BY
BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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