Freeze Watch issued October 16 at 8:48PM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY
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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as cold as the upper 20's are possible, especially inland from the Great Lakes. * WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, northern Cayuga, northern Erie, and Genesee Counties. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * 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
- NY, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Niagara; Orleans; Monroe; Wayne; Northern Cayuga; Northern Erie; Genesee
- event
- Freeze Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-18T01:00:00-04:00
- states
- ["NY"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-16T20:48:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9792e12f555a0359ec8b166895f8a661189a40ab.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2fb51504f7eb3bce5f50cb545b92fba0326b8ffe.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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