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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
138 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026

NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-WVZ042>044-507-508-170600-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.A.0002.261018T0500Z-261018T1300Z/
Ashe-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Wythe-Grayson-Mercer-Summers-
Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
Including the cities of Independence, Whitetop, Quinwood, White
Sulphur Springs, Flat Top, Hinton, Alderson, Volney, Hix, Boone, West
Jefferson, Wytheville, Marion, Bland, Troutdale, Tazewell, Bluefield,
Lewisburg, Rainelle, Duo, and Union
138 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

* 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

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