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Freeze Watch for Central Iowa Monday Night until Tuesday Morning

…BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA MONDAY
NIGHT…

.WITH NORTHERLY FLOW…COLDER CANADIAN AIR WILL WORK ACROSS THE
STATE BY MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW
FREEZING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE WARMING AGAIN TUESDAY. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ESTHERVILLE…ALGONA…FOREST CITY…
NORTHWOOD…EMMETSBURG…GARNER…MASON CITY…POCAHONTAS…
HUMBOLDT…CLARION…HAMPTON…ALLISON…WAVERLY…SAC CITY…
ROCKWELL CITY…FORT DODGE…WEBSTER CITY…ELDORA…
GRUNDY CENTER…WATERLOO…DENISON…CARROLL…JEFFERSON…
BOONE…AMES…MARSHALLTOWN…TOLEDO…AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…
ADEL…DES MOINES…NEWTON…GRINNELL…ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…
WINTERSET…INDIANOLA…KNOXVILLE…OSKALOOSA…CORNING…
CRESTON…OSCEOLA…CHARITON…ALBIA…OTTUMWA…BEDFORD…
MOUNT AYR…LEON…CORYDON…CENTERVILLE…BLOOMFIELD
308 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012

…FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING…TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT
MONDAY…REACHING SUB FREEZING VALUES BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL
HOURS…BEFORE QUICKLY WARMING AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE…TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING…WITH
READINGS IN THE LOW TO MID 20S EXPECTED. COLDEST TEMPERATURES
WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20…IN LOW LYING
AREAS AND ALONG THE NISHNABOTNA RIVER VALLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.