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• Severe Freeze Warning until Sat 8:00 AM

  Jefferson; Wayne; Perry; Franklin; Hamilton; Jackson; Williamson; Saline; Union; Perry; Bollinger; Cape Girardeau; Wayne; Carter; Ripley; Butler; Stoddard

  What to do: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

  * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of the Ozark Foothills of southeast Missouri and south and southwest Illinois. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, from 11 PM this evening to 8 AM CST Saturday. For the Freeze Watch, from Saturday evening through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The hard freezes will bring the growing season to an end.

  From the National Weather Service (Paducah KY).

• Severe Freeze Watch until Sun 8:00 AM

  Jefferson; Wayne; Perry; Franklin; Hamilton; Jackson; Williamson; Saline; Union; Perry; Bollinger; Cape Girardeau; Wayne; Carter; Ripley; Butler; Stoddard

  What to do: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

  * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of the Ozark Foothills of southeast Missouri and south and southwest Illinois. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, from 11 PM this evening to 8 AM CST Saturday. For the Freeze Watch, from Saturday evening through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The hard freezes will bring the growing season to an end.

  From the National Weather Service (Paducah KY).

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