HARD FREEZE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A LARGE DOME OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. TNZ036>040-067>071-073-081>086-098>101-252300- /O.CON.KMRX.FZ.W.0002.140326T0400Z-140326T1400Z/ ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS- MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE... RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY... KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...JASPER... CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 1055 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S. * TIMING...BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUING UNTIL MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS. * IMPACTS...AREA FRUIT TREES ARE BLOOMING ACROSS THE AREA MAKING THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZE DAMAGE. AREA GROWERS WILL NEED TO TAKE PRE-CAUTIONS TO PREVENT DAMAGE. ALSO...ANY VEGETABLE PLANTS WILL NEED TO BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THESE CONDITIONS MAY KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED.
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