Freeze Watch

FREEZE WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING…

.WITH COLDER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION…ALONG WITH EXPECTED

CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS…TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO

THURSDAY MORNING MAY FALL INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE

AREA. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST FREEZE IN MOST LOCATIONS AND MAY BE

A HARD FREEZE IN SOME AREAS.

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SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-

JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ONAWA…MAPLETON…MISSOURI VALLEY…

WOODBINE…LOGAN…DUNLAP…HARLAN…COUNCIL BLUFFS…GLENWOOD…

RED OAK…SIDNEY…HAMBURG…TABOR…FARRAGUT…CLARINDA…

SHENANDOAH…CREIGHTON…BLOOMFIELD…CROFTON…WAUSA…

VERDIGRE…NIOBRARA…HARTINGTON…LAUREL…RANDOLPH…

COLERIDGE…PENDER…MACY…WALTHILL…WINNEBAGO…NELIGH…

ELGIN…PIERCE…PLAINVIEW…OSMOND…WAYNE…ALBION…

ST. EDWARD…NORFOLK…STANTON…WEST POINT…WISNER…TEKAMAH…

OAKLAND…LYONS…DECATUR…COLUMBUS…SCHUYLER…FREMONT…

BLAIR…DAVID CITY…WAHOO…ASHLAND…YUTAN…OMAHA…BELLEVUE…

PAPILLION…LA VISTA…SEWARD…MILFORD…LINCOLN…PLATTSMOUTH…

NEBRASKA CITY…CRETE…WILBER…FAIRBURY…BEATRICE…TECUMSEH…

STERLING…AUBURN…PAWNEE CITY…TABLE ROCK…FALLS CITY

329 AM CDT TUE OCT 11 2016

…FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH

THURSDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE

WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH

THURSDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURE…WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR COLDER

ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE

EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…WHERE

TEMPERATURES MAY FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S. TEMPERATURES

MAY FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

* IMPACTS…THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST FREEZE OF AUTUMN IN MOST

LOCATIONS…AND MAY BE A GROWING SEASON-ENDING FREEZE IN MANY

LOCATIONS.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.

THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.