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Freeze Watch issued October 16 at 1:38PM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA

Freeze Watch · Ashe; Watauga; Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Wythe; Grayson; Mercer; Summers; Monroe; Eastern Greenbrier; Western Greenbrier. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

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Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 17:38 UTC
First saved by us: 16 October 2026 at 17:47 UTC
Last included in a daily record: 17 October 2026
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Source classification: Severe · Source alert

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Issuer / area: NWS Blacksburg VA · Ashe; Watauga; Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Wythe; Grayson; Mercer; Summers; Monroe; Eastern Greenbrier; Western Greenbrier
Certainty / urgency: Possible / Future
Message expiry (not hazard end): 17 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 18 October 2026 at 05:00 UTC / 18 October 2026 at 13:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation.

Instructions in this archived message

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 17:47 UTC

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16 October 2026 at 17:47 UTC

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First saved record

Our first saved version of Freeze Watch issued October 16 at 1:38PM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 17:38 UTC

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