Freeze Watch issued October 16 at 6:07PM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA
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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of east central Ohio, northwest, southwest, and western Pennsylvania, and northern and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday 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
- Tuscarawas; Carroll; Columbiana; Coshocton; Harrison; Jefferson; Muskingum; Guernsey; Belmont; Noble; Monroe; Mercer; Venango; Forest; Lawrence; Butler; Clarion; Jefferson; Beaver; Allegheny; Armstrong; Washington; Greene; Westmoreland; Westmoreland Ridges; Fayette; Fayette Ridges; Indiana; Higher Elevations of Indiana; Hancock; Brooke; Ohio; Marshall; Wetzel; Marion; Monongalia; Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston; Preston; Eastern Preston; Western Tucker; Eastern Tucker
- event
- Freeze Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-18T01:00:00-04:00
- states
- ["OH","PA","WV"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-16T18:07:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.415e0f4e5a04711c09d0a29da6101facd1544b57.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.26a4b80d2049092774a2297a197e8c61b6347911.001.1"]
- 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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