URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 311 PM CDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT... .A CHILLY CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL SETTLE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...RESULTING IN SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE FALL SEASON THUS FAR. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS...LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL DROP TO AROUND FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF I-55. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-260900- /O.NEW.KILX.FZ.A.0004.121027T0800Z-121027T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 311 PM CDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SEVERAL HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS LEFT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL ESSENTIALLY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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