Freeze Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 255 PM CDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS PASSING THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND IS USHERING A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD SOUTH INTO THE PLAINS AND OZARKS BEHIND THE FRONT. MULTIPLE NIGHTS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST APPEAR LIKELY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 255 PM CDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FOR BOTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES APPEAR LIKELY THIS WEEKEND. SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS MAY SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S AS EARLY AS FRIDAY MORNING. FROST WILL ALSO BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PATCHY FROST MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT. ALSO...FROST AND OR FREEZING CONDITIONS MAY ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.