A Free Watch has been issued by the National Weather Service:
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
428 AM EDT MON OCT 21 2013…FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY…
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY…USHERING IN FIRST IN A SERIES OF COLD NIGHTS. GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BY LATE EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 29 TO 32 DEGREES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW THE POTENTIAL FOR A WIDESPREAD FROST. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH RESPECT TO WINDS OVERNIGHT AND ITS IMPACT ON MINIMUM TEMPERATURES. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR FOR LATER UPDATES.
…FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURE…OVERNIGHT LOWS 29 TO 32 DEGREES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION COULD BE KILLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION.