Freeze Watch

In force from

Oct 17, 1:00 AM CDT

Until

Oct 17, 8:00 AM CDT

Issued

Oct 15, 1:18 PM CDT

Office

Omaha/Valley, NE

Number

1 of its kind from this office this year

Severity

Severe, Future, Possible

Where

IA NE

FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

What

Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible.

Where

Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast Nebraska.

When

From late Friday night through Saturday morning.

Impacts

Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

What to do

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.

Every area Monona; Harrison; Shelby; Pottawattamie; Mills; Montgomery; Fremont; Page; Knox; Cedar; Thurston; Antelope; Pierce; Wayne; Boone; Madison; Stanton; Cuming; Burt; Platte; Colfax; Dodge; Washington; Butler; Saunders; Douglas; Sarpy; Seward; Lancaster; Cass; Otoe; Saline; Jefferson; Gage; Johnson; Nemaha; Pawnee; Richardson

Places under it Council Bluffs, Beatrice, Columbus, Fremont, Lincoln, Norfolk, Omaha, Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, Chalco, Gretna, and 352 more

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