Freeze Watch issued October 16 at 9:09PM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS State College PA
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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 possible. * WHERE...A portion of central Pennsylvania. * 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The coldest areas will be the northern mountains and Laurel Highlands. Take protective measures now as freezing temperatures could damage or kill tender plants and vegetation.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- PA, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Warren; Potter; Elk; Cameron; Northern Clinton; Clearfield; Northern Centre; Southern Centre; Cambria; Blair; Huntingdon; Mifflin; Juniata; Somerset; Bedford; Fulton; Franklin; Tioga; Northern Lycoming; Sullivan; Southern Clinton; Southern Lycoming; Union; Snyder; Montour; Northumberland; Columbia; Perry; Dauphin; Schuylkill; Lebanon; Cumberland; Adams; York; Lancaster
- event
- Freeze Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-18T01:00:00-04:00
- states
- ["PA"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-16T21:09:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3bb4a00253ab9dc313d82ce9e5a4cce1a338ee4d.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f2d3d8aeb678acfde3d117c4946be3bec8d3fda7.001.1"]
- instruction
- Take protective measures now as freezing temperatures could damage or kill tender plants and vegetation.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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