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NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
153 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-160700-
/O.NEW.KARX.FZ.A.0001.261017T0600Z-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 Dodge Center, Charles City, Preston, Austin,
Caledonia, Friendship, Rochester, Viroqua, Neillsville, La Crosse,
Platteville, Alma, New Hampton, Arcadia, Prairie Du Chien, Waukon,
Winona, Tomah, Richland Center, Wabasha, Black River Falls, Osage,
Cresco, Mauston, Elkader, Medford, Whitehall, Decorah, Sparta, and
Oelwein
153 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026

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

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 possible.

* WHERE...Northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest into
  west central Wisconsin.

* 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.

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