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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
857 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

...COLD TEMPERATURES AND FROST OVER CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT...

.CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM NORTH DAKOTA INTO EASTERN
NEBRASKA WILL SETTLE IN OVER IOWA BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THE COLD AIR
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS
SHOULD ALLOW FROST TO FORM OVER MOST OF CENTRAL IOWA BY MORNING.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-
081>086-092>097-121000-
/O.CON.KDMX.FR.Y.0001.130512T0800Z-130512T1400Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...
ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...
CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...
MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
857 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT
SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL THREATEN TENDER VEGETATION IN
  THE ADVISORY AREA ESPECIALLY IN RURAL LOCATIONS AND IN LOW LYING
  AREAS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES
  WILL BE NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 30 AND THROUGH THE NISHNABOTNA
  VALLEY.  LARGE URBAN AREAS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED AS
  GREATLY BY FROST OVERNIGHT BUT PERSONS IN THESE AREAS MAY WISH
  TO MOVE PORTABLE PLANTS INDOORS TO AVOID ANY DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
