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Freeze Warning
Posted: 10/06/2012
Last Updated:
232 days ago
Issued At: Saturday, 06 Oct 2012, 4:20 AM MDT
Expires At: Saturday, 06 Oct 2012, 12:30 PM MDT
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
420 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AGAIN TONIGHT...
.THE COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES
WILL BE NEAR FREEZING THROUGH MID MORNING TODAY. EVEN COLDER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR OVERNIGHT ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S.
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEETWEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...
DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...
KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...
PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...
SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
420 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS
MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY...
* TIMING...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT.
* TEMPERATURE...LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE COLDER...BETWEEN 21 AND 27
DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING
SEASON TONIGHT. DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO HOSES AND UNPROTECTED
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OVERNIGHT. UNPROTECTED VEGETATION WILL
CERTAINLY FREEZE TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE PLANTS INDOORS
TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE COLD. BLANKETS MAY NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH
PROTECTION FROM THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY SATURDAY
NIGHT.
TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO SPRINKLER AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS...
THOROUGHLY DRAIN THE EXPOSED PORTION.
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