Freeze Watch
Status
New Event Active alertStart Time
Tue 04/21/2026 02:00 AM EDTEnd Time
Tue 04/21/2026 10:00 AM EDTSignificance
WatchImpacts
Moderate impact
Full Alert Message
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1159 PM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 to 30 degrees possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast, and northern Maryland, central, northern, northwest, and western Virginia, and panhandle West Virginia. * 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Technical Header
MDZ003>006-008-503-505-507-VAZ025>031-038>040-050-051-501-502- 505>508-526-WVZ051>053-191200- /O.NEW.KLWX.FZ.A.0003.260421T0600Z-260421T1400Z/ Washington-Frederick-Carroll-Northern Baltimore-Cecil-Northwest Montgomery-Northwest Howard-Northwest Harford-Augusta-Rockingham- Shenandoah-Frederick-Page-Warren-Clarke-Greene-Madison- Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper-Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier- Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge- Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Northwest Prince William-Morgan- Berkeley-Jefferson- 1159 PM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026
