Freeze Watch

In force from

Oct 18, 1:00 AM EDT

Until

Oct 18, 8:00 AM EDT

Issued

Oct 16, 12:38 PM EDT

Updated

1 time, last Oct 16, 4:42 PM EDT

Office

Baltimore MD/Washington, DC

Number

6 of its kind from this office this year

Severity

Severe

Where

MD VA WV

FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

What

Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s are possible.

Where

Portions of north central and western Maryland, central, northwest, and western Virginia, and eastern and panhandle West Virginia.

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.

What to do

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

Every area Washington; Extreme Western Allegany; Central and Eastern Allegany; Western Garrett; Eastern Garrett; Augusta; Rockingham; Shenandoah; Frederick; Page; Warren; Clarke; Western Highland; Eastern Highland; Northern Virginia Blue Ridge; Central Virginia Blue Ridge; Hampshire; Morgan; Berkeley; Jefferson; Hardy; Western Grant; Eastern Grant; Western Mineral; Eastern Mineral; Western Pendleton; Eastern Pendleton

Places under it Cumberland, Frederick, Hagerstown, Westminster, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Winchester, Martinsburg, Oakland, Dundalk, Towson, Bel Air South, and 371 more

Read the platesFrost, freeze and hard freeze FB-EVT-092How to read a warning FB-STN-001

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