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Non-Precipitation Warnings / Watches / Advisories
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI

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WWUS73 KGRB 230853
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
353 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...UNSEASONABLY COLD NIGHT EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...

.A CHILLY CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL SURGE INTO THE AREA TODAY ON
NORTH WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES...COOL DRY AIR...AND
DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO UNSEASONABLY
COLD LEVELS TONIGHT. COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL REQUIRE PROTECTION
TO ENSURE THEIR SURVIVAL.

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-021-231600-
/O.UPG.KGRB.FZ.A.0002.130524T0500Z-130524T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.FZ.W.0002.130524T0500Z-130524T1200Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
353 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY.

* LOW TEMPERATURES OF 25 TO 30 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST
  OF THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY COLD SPOTS
  COULD HAVE TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR 20 DEGREES.

* THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS...
  RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE. THIS WILL LIKELY KILL ANY COLD-
  SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

* FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES
  THEN WILL NOT BE AS COLD AS THOSE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED.
COLD SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED WILL LIKELY BE
KILLED. IF POSSIBLE...SHELTER ANY COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS IN A
GARAGE OR SHED OVERNIGHT. IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE...COVER THE
PLANTS WITH A TARP OR CLOTH.

&&

$$

WIZ020-030-031-035>037-045-231600-
/O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0002.130524T0500Z-130524T1200Z/
MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
353 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY.

* LOW TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 35 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  AREA TONIGHT.

* THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF
  FROST BY MORNING. FROST CAN DAMAGE COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST POSES A RISK TO COLD-SENSITIVE
PLANTS. SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED COULD BE
DAMAGED OR KILLED. IF POSSIBLE...SHELTER ANY SUCH PLANTS IN A
GARAGE OR SHED OVERNIGHT. IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE...COVER THE
PLANTS WITH A TARP OR CLOTH.

&&

$$

WIZ022-038>040-048>050-073-074-231600-
/O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0002.130524T0500Z-130524T1200Z/
DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
353 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY.

* LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
  THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES COULD BE A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER
  ALONG THE SHORES OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN.

* WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. IF THEY GO CALM BEFORE
  SUNRISE...FROST WILL LIKELY FORM. FROST CAN DAMAGE COLD-
  SENSITIVE PLANTS.

* EVEN THOUGH FROST IS NOT A CERTAINTY...ANYONE WHO HAS PURCHASED
  COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS FOR THE SUMMER GROWING SEASON SHOULD
  PROTECT THE PLANTS TONIGHT TO ENSURE THEIR SURVIVAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST POSES A RISK TO COLD-SENSITIVE
PLANTS. SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED COULD BE
DAMAGED OR KILLED. IF POSSIBLE...SHELTER ANY SUCH PLANTS IN A
GARAGE OR SHED OVERNIGHT. IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE...COVER THE
PLANTS WITH A TARP OR CLOTH.

&&

$$

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