ONONDAGA (NYZ018)
Effective: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 02:52am EDT Severity: Moderate
Updated: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 02:52am EDT Urgency: Expected
Expires: Tue, Oct 29, 2013 09:00am EDT Certainty: Likely
Areas Affected: Onondaga; Seneca; Southern Cayuga; Yates
Alert:
…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT
TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT
TUESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS…YATES…SENECA…ONONDAGA…AND SOUTHERN CAYUGA
COUNTIES.
* HAZARDS…FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
* TEMPERATURES…MIDDLE TO LOWER 20S.
* TIMING…LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…IF FORECAST TEMPERATURES ARE REALIZED…UNPROTECTED
SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED…ENDING THE GROWING
SEASON.
Instructions:
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
Freeze warnings are in effect for a good part of Central New York, mainly areas that have yet to experience a hard freeze thus far. Temperatures by early Tuesday will be in the teens and 20s giving the region a widespread killing frost.
This should effectly end the local growing season for areas that have
yet to have a hard freeze.