Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 9:37PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29-32 expected and widespread frost. * WHERE...Much of central Iowa. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- IA, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Emmet; Kossuth; Winnebago; Worth; Palo Alto; Hancock; Cerro Gordo; Pocahontas; Humboldt; Wright; Franklin; Butler; Bremer; Sac; Calhoun; Webster; Hamilton; Hardin; Grundy; Black Hawk; Crawford; Carroll; Greene; Boone; Story; Marshall; Tama; Audubon; Guthrie; Dallas; Polk; Jasper; Poweshiek; Cass; Adair; Madison; Warren; Marion; Mahaska; Adams; Union; Clarke; Lucas; Monroe; Wapello; Taylor; Ringgold; Decatur; Wayne; Appanoose
- event
- Freeze Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-17T01:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["IA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T21:37:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.692330cf65e45ff4331b3b5379d1483d38d16efa.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d92e566b954b78ba5596cbffad3ab589827da2ec.001.1"]
- instruction
- Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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