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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
940 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

.A CHILLY CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE INTO THE AREA
TONIGHT 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>013-018-019-021-241200-
/O.CON.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
940 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 AROUND 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>037-045-241200-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0002.130524T0500Z-130524T1200Z/
MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
940 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 36 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. A
  FEW LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN COULD DROP TO OR BELOW 30
  DEGREES FOR A TIME RESULTING IN A LOCALIZED FREEZE.

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>050-073-074-241200-
/O.CON.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
940 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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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