URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
353 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2013

…ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING…

.COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND
MISSOURI THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WITH THE COOLER AIR IN PLACE CLEAR
SKIES AND CALM WINDS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO
DROP DRASTICALLY ONCE THE SUN SETS. EXPECT TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY
MORNING TO DROP INTO THE MID 20S IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI…WITH TEMPERATURES ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI…INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA TO DROP
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S…RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA.

ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATCHISON…PAOLA…MOUND CITY…TROY…
LEAVENWORTH…OVERLAND PARK…OLATHE…TARKIO…MARYVILLE…
GRANT CITY…ALBANY…STANBERRY…BETHANY…PRINCETON…
UNIONVILLE…LANCASTER…DOWNING…OREGON…SAVANNAH…CAMERON…
GALLATIN…JAMESPORT…TRENTON…MILAN…GREEN CITY…
KIRKSVILLE…ST. JOSEPH…PLATTSBURG…HAMILTON…POLO…
CHILLICOTHE…BROOKFIELD…MACON…LA PLATA…PARKVILLE…
PLATTE CITY…WESTON…LIBERTY…EXCELSIOR SPRINGS…RICHMOND…
CARROLLTON…SALISBURY…KEYTESVILLE…MOBERLY…KANSAS CITY…
INDEPENDENCE…LEXINGTON…CONCORDIA…MARSHALL…FAYETTE…
NEW FRANKLIN…RAYMORE…HARRISONVILLE…PLEASANT HILL…
WARRENSBURG…SEDALIA…BOONVILLE…BUTLER…RICH HILL…CLINTON
353 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2013

…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM
CDT FRIDAY.

* TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL DIP BELOW FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
ON THURSDAY NIGHT…AND WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE ON FRIDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL DROP INTO THE
MID TO UPPER 20S. AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI WILL
DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S.

* IMPACTS: SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS WELL AS A
POTENTIAL HARD FREEZE WILL BE HARMFUL TO OUTDOOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS
AND COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.