Hard Freeze Predicted In The Area For Saturday Night

  • Saturday, March 28, 2015
  • Temperatures are expected to drop Saturday night to 28 degrees or less. Here is the latest report from the National Weather Service: 
HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ SUNDAY... " class="ng-scope ng-binding" style="margin-bottom: 25px; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: initial;">HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ SUNDAY...
  • * EVENT... A HARD FREEZE EXPECTED WITH LOWS FROM THE TEENS NORTH TO THE UPPER 20S SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.
  • * TIMING... TEMPERATURES FALLING AT OR BELOW 28 DEGREES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MID-MORNING SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW 28 DEGREES FOR 2 TO 5 HOURS TONIGHT.
  • * IMPACTS... THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD KILL STRAWBERRY PLANTS AND BLOOMS OF ANY FRUIT TREES IN THE WARNING AREA.
  • PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
  • A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
  • A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ALLOWING COLDER AIR TO SETTLE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
    • CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THIS COLD AIR MASS TO PRODUCE A HARD FREEZE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SEVERAL HOURS OF AT OR BELOW 28 DEGREES ARE LIKELY IN MOST AREAS LATE TONIGHT... WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS TO UPPER 20S BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
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