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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
952 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>085-
092>096-161300-
/O.CON.KDMX.FZ.A.0001.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/
Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo-
Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun-
Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk-Crawford-Carroll-Greene-
Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper-
Poweshiek-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Marion-Mahaska-Adams-Union-
Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne-Appanoose-
Including the cities of Pocahontas, Gladbrook, Clear Lake, Leon,
Tama, Ackley, Carlisle, Humboldt, Clarksville, Webster City, Guthrie
Center, Estherville, Early, Dike, Denison, Wall Lake, Schaller,
Waverly, Toledo, Dysart, Iowa Falls, Lenox, Marshalltown, Humeston,
Chariton, Shell Rock, Clarion, Fort Dodge, Oskaloosa, Greene, Fonda,
Gilmore City, Stuart, Adel, Lake Mills, Traer, Algona, Reinbeck,
Northwood, Panora, Aplington, New Market, Allerton, Greenfield, Mason
City, Casey, Norwalk, Ames, Osceola, Bedford, Corydon, Lake City,
Centerville, Eldora, Lake View, Hampton, Sac City, Wellsburg, Garner,
Jefferson, Allison, Emmetsburg, Manson, Indianola, Creston, Audubon,
Atlantic, Newton, Albia, Earlham, Knoxville, Waterloo, Perry, Manly,
Rockwell City, Grundy Center, Carroll, Laurens, Cedar Falls, Conrad,
Fontanelle, Mount Ayr, Pomeroy, Adair, Forest City, Corning, Seymour,
Grinnell, Exira, Britt, Rolfe, Lamoni, Des Moines, Odebolt, Kanawha,
Waukee, Eagle Grove, Bayard, Winterset, Boone, Belmond, Parkersburg,
Dumont, and Pella
952 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible.

* WHERE...Much of Iowa.

* WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$

Jimenez