Freeze Warning issued October 18 at 5:22AM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s and lower 30s. * WHERE...Portions of north-central, northern, and western Maryland, central, northern, northwest, and western Virginia, and eastern West Virginia. * WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning. * 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
- Washington; Frederick; Carroll; Northern Baltimore; Extreme Western Allegany; Central and Eastern Allegany; Northwest Harford; Western Garrett; Eastern Garrett; Augusta; Rockingham; Shenandoah; Frederick; Page; Warren; Clarke; Western Highland; Eastern Highland; Western Loudoun; Northern Virginia Blue Ridge; Central Virginia Blue Ridge; Hampshire; Morgan; Berkeley; Jefferson; Hardy; Western Grant; Eastern Grant; Western Mineral; Eastern Mineral; Western Pendleton; Eastern Pendleton
- event
- Freeze Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-18T05:22:00-04:00
- states
- ["MD","VA","WV"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-18T05:22:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ea2a92672f1c277cf9582ce74092ad7315a85278.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f51639049408f4c7d4fd04320764ac8a1b4a36d1.001.1"]
- 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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