THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT /1 AM EDT/ TONIGHT
TO 8 AM CDT /9 AM EDT/ THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT /1 AM EDT/ TONIGHT
TO 8 AM CDT /9 AM EDT/ THURSDAY.
* TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING...SLIGHTLY BELOW 32 DEGREES.
* TEMPERATURE TONIGHT...DROPPING BELOW 32 DEGREES AGAIN AWAY FROM
DOWNTOWN CHICAGO FOR NUMEROUS HOURS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS WILL DROP TO BELOW 28 DEGREES
FOR A FEW HOURS...PRODUCING A HARD FREEZE.
* IMPACTS...WITH THE RECORD WARM MARCH SPURRING VEGETATION
GROWTH MUCH EARLIER THAN NORMAL...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE
DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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