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Freeze Warnings in Effect for 95/99 Iowa Counties

A Freeze Warning has been issued for Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Muscatine, Scott and Washington counties from 4:00 AM Tuesday until 8:00 AM Tuesday.

A Freeze Warning has been issued for Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Jasper, Kossuth, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Sac, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Wapello, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Winnebago, Worth and Wright counties from 3:00 AM Tuesday until 9:00 AM Tuesday.

A Freeze Warning has been issued for Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury counties from 12:00 AM Wednesday until 9:00 AM Wednesday.
A Freeze Warning has been issued for Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby counties from 3:00 AM Tuesday until 9:00 AM Tuesday.

A Freeze Warning has been issued for Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury counties from 1:00 AM Tuesday until 9:00 AM Tuesday.

A Freeze Warning has been issued for Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek counties from 1:00 AM Tuesday until 10:00 AM Tuesday.

* TIMING…TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT…
DROPPING BELOW FREEZING BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE QUICKLY
WARMING AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY. ANOTHER NIGHT OF TEMPERATURES
IN THE 20S ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND A FREEZE WARNING IS
LIKELY DURING THIS TIME AS WELL.

* TEMPERATURE…MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE MORNING LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. THE COLDEST READINGS
WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20…AND IN THE
LOW LYING RIVER VALLEYS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA. FROST MAY
ACCOMPANY THESE COOL TEMPERATURES AS WELL.

* IMPACTS…YOUNG TENDER VEGETATION WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR
EVEN KILLED BY THESE COOL TEMPERATURES AND FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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