WWUS73 KEAX 100806 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 306 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI... .A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDWEST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS RESULTING IN UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI...THROUGH ALL OF NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. GIVEN THE RECORD WARMTH OF MARCH AND THE EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IS LIKELY IF NOT PROTECTED. KSZ102-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-030>033-039-040-046-101615- /O.NEW.KEAX.FZ.W.0001.120411T0800Z-120411T1300Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL- CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL... FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...BOONVILLE 306 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW FREEZING DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * TEMPERATURES: LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS: PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED IN AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON THIS SPRING. SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THESE UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CDB