Last Updated on April 25, 2023 9:20 am

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…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY…

* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as the mid to upper 20sexpected.

* WHERE…Portions of northwest North Carolina, southwest andwest central Virginia and southeast West Virginia.

* WHEN…From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that havein-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-ground pipes to protect them from freezing.