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• Severe Freeze Warning until Sat 8:00 AM

  Mercer; Putnam; Schuyler; Grundy; Sullivan; Adair; Livingston; Linn; Macon; Carroll; Chariton; Randolph; Saline; Howard; Pettis; Cooper

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

  * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, and northeast Missouri. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

  From the National Weather Service (Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO).

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