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FREEZE WARNING-

12/6/2011

 
Cover your Garden Beds with a cotton sheet and then sheet of plastic or use a heavy blanket.

Per Farmers Report on Weather.com AKA Weather Channel Post
 
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 25 AND 28 DEGREES ACROSS RURAL AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND BETWEEN 28 AND 35 DEGREES IN URBAN AREAS AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE COASTLINE.

* TIMING...FOR 3 TO 6 HOURS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO EXPOSED PIPES...AND KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN DAMAGE CERTAIN TYPES OF PLANTS. AS A RESULT...THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. PETS SHOULD BE KEPT INSIDE. OUTSIDE PIPES OR SPRINKLERS SHOULD BE ADEQUATELY INSULATED.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 32 DEGREES OR COLDER FOR 2 HOURS OR LONGER.

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