…FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT…

.A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES FOR MOST AREAS TO DROP INTO
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S THURSDAY NIGHT…RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD
FROST. IN SOME AREAS LOW TEMPERATURES COULD FALL TO AROUND
30…WHICH COULD DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES IF
NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

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BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JOHNSON-CEDAR-
CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-
CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-
HENDERSON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…INDEPENDENCE…MANCHESTER…DUBUQUE…
VINTON…CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA…MAQUOKETA…IOWA CITY…
TIPTON…CLINTON…MUSCATINE…BETTENDORF…DAVENPORT…WAPELLO…
BURLINGTON…GALENA…FREEPORT…MOUNT CARROLL…STERLING…
ROCK FALLS…MOLINE…ROCK ISLAND…KEWANEE…PRINCETON…
HENNEPIN…ALEDO…OQUAWKA…MONMOUTH
340 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012

…FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

* TIMING…MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S
THURSDAY NIGHT. SHELTERED LOCATIONS COULD EVEN DROP TO AROUND 30.

* IMPACTS…THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE
PLANTS AND FRUIT TREES. TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT ANY COLD
SENSITIVE VEGETATION THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS WOULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.