WWUS73 KARX 160559
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1259 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-161900-
/O.UPG.KARX.FZ.A.0001.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.FZ.W.0006.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/
Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-Clayton-
Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston-Taylor-Clark-
Buffalo-Trempealeau-Jackson-La Crosse-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-Vernon-
Crawford-Richland-Grant-
Including the cities of Austin, Rochester, Osage, La Crosse,
Friendship, Richland Center, Neillsville, Prairie Du Chien, Wabasha,
Waukon, Mauston, Sparta, Medford, Oelwein, Alma, Dodge Center,
Elkader, Decorah, Charles City, Cresco, Arcadia, New Hampton,
Whitehall, Black River Falls, Tomah, Preston, Viroqua, Winona,
Caledonia, and Platteville
1259 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, southeast
  Minnesota, and central, north central, southwest, and west central
  Wisconsin.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
  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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JRN