Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 10:51AM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI
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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures ranging from the mid-20s to lower 30s. * WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and central, north central, southwest, and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Mitchell; Howard; Winneshiek; Allamakee; Floyd; Chickasaw; Fayette; Clayton; Wabasha; Dodge; Olmsted; Winona; Mower; Fillmore; Houston; Taylor; Clark; Buffalo; Trempealeau; Jackson; La Crosse; Monroe; Juneau; Adams; Vernon; Crawford; Richland; Grant
- event
- Freeze Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-17T01:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["IA","MN","WI"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T10:51:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1aa550bb6d030f33663a7710c92a56c4ed9e6a5c.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e89f0f9155d7ab86e81c6eb0f62a68aa2bcc9189.001.2"]
- instruction
- Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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