URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
408 AM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021
Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke-
Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Morgan-
Berkeley-Jefferson-
Including the cities of Staunton, Waynesboro, Stuarts Draft,
Harrisonburg, Strasburg, Woodstock, Mount Jackson, New Market,
Winchester, Luray, Shenandoah, Stanley, Front Royal, Berryville,
Big Meadows, Wintergreen, Paw Paw, Martinsburg, Charles Town,
and Shepherdstown
408 AM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures ranging from 25 to 30 along the
ridges above 1500 feet to around 30 to 32 degrees in the
valleys.
* WHERE...The Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge Mountains, and eastern
Panhandle of West Virginia.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.