Freeze Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
133 PM PDT Wed Apr 17 2024

ORZ044-507-WAZ026>029-181600-
/O.NEW.KPDT.FZ.W.0002.240418T0900Z-240418T1600Z/
Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon-Foothills of the Northern Blue
Mountains of Oregon-Kittitas Valley-Yakima Valley-Lower Columbia
Basin of Washington-Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-
Including the cities of Toppenish, Ellensburg, Pendleton, Dayton,
Boardman, Waitsburg, Athena, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities, Pilot Rock,
Prosser, Naches, Hermiston, Connell, Ione, Yakima, Sunnyside, and
Thorp
133 PM PDT Wed Apr 17 2024

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Areas of Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28-32 degrees
  expected in cold prone locations.

* WHERE...Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington, Foothills
  of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Kittitas Valley, Yakima
  Valley, and Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM PDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could impact sensitive
  vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

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