Updated: Sun Dec-15-19 02:20pm GMT-0700
Effective: Tue Dec-17-19 01:00am GMT-0700
Expires: Tue Dec-17-19 09:00am GMT-0700
Severity: Moderate
Urgency: Future
Certainty: Possible
Status: Actual
Type: Alert
Category: Met
Areas affected: South Central Pinal County including Eloy, Picacho Peak State Park; Southeast Pinal County including Kearny, Mammoth, Oracle; Tohono O'odham Nation including Sells; Tucson Metro Area including Tucson, Green Valley, Marana, Vail
Instructions: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. to prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
Message Summary: ...freeze watch in effect from late monday night through tuesday
morning...
* what...sub-freezing temperatures between 30 and 32 degrees
possible although locations near washes and favored drainage
areas could briefly be in the upper 20s.
* where...tohono o`odham nation, tucson metro area, south
central pinal county and southeast pinal county.
* when...from late monday night through tuesday morning.
* impacts...frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
