United Group Insurance

Frost Advisory for parts of southern/central Iowa

Weather

September 22nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: MADISON-UNION-RINGGOLD-

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 30S ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. EXPOSED PLANTS AND TENDER VEGETATION MAY SUFFER FREEZE DAMAGE OR BE KILLED. PEOPLE INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THEIR PLANTS NEED TO TAKE ACTION BY THIS EVENING.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE KJAN LISTENING AREA, FROM 1-A.M. SUNDAY THROUGH ABOUT 9-A.M.