FREEZE WARNING FOR ND, MN, SD, MO, KS, NE, IA

[CaptinCrunch]

FREEZE WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
403 AM CDT FRI OCT 1 2004



...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CDT
SATURDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 8 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING.

COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT. MOST LOCATIONS
SHOULD SEE THE MERCURY DROP INTO THE 25 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME SCATTERED FROST.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST
TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE
WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.
ALSO...POTTED PLANTS THAT ARE NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE
COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ALSO ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY
FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON.
THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6 PM THIS
EVENING.

STRONG WINDS SHOULD OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA
THIS AFTERNOON. SPEEDS SHOULD AVERAGE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE FOR
SEVERAL HOURS...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WIND IS EXPECTED
TO DECREASE TOWARD EVENING.

[CaptinCrunch]

FREEZE WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
348 PM CDT FRI OCT 1 2004

...A COLD NIGHT IN STORE FOR THE REGION...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. CLEARING HAD
ALREADY PUSHED INTO FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
WILL PROGRESS ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
EARLY THIS EVENING. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DIMINISH THIS
EVENING. WITH A LIGHT WIND AND CLEAR SKY OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES
ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE REGION BY SATURDAY
MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

HENCE...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE TONIGHT FOR
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS
INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR...ST.
CLOUD...MANKATO...FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA IN MINNESOTA...AND RICE
LAKE...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-066>070-076>078-084-085-WIZ014>016-
023>028-020300-
ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-DUNN-
EAU CLAIRE-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-
MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-POPE-RAMSEY-RICE-RUSK-
SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEARNS-STEELE-TODD-WASECA-
WASHINGTON-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...CAMBRIDGE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
EAU CLAIRE...HUTCHINSON...LADYSMITH...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS...
OWATONNA...RED WING...RICE LAKE...ST CLOUD...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...
WILLMAR

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT...

A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR LATE TONIGHT. THIS
INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES...ST CLOUD...OWATONNA...MENOMONIE...EAU
CLAIRE...LADYSMITH AND ELLSWORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S BY SATURDAY MORNING...GENERATING A HARD FREEZE.

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

[AirmaN]

It was a bit chilly last night!!!!!!

[simplykristi]

There was a frost warning off to our north and west last night.

Kristi