Alabama Gears Up for First Freeze Watch of the Season

It’s hard to imagine that after some postcard-worthy days with unseasonably warm temperatures, soon it will be a frosty affair in many locations in Alabama.

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The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Freeze Watch for portions of Alabama.

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Freeze Watch Details

WHAT

Subfreezing temperatures as low as 30 degrees will be possible.

WHEN

From late Tuesday night through Wednesday morning.

IMPACTS

Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Townsquare Media Coverage Area Counties Under the Freeze Watch

Bibb

Fayette

Greene

Hale

Lamar

Pickens

Sumter

Tuscaloosa

Walker

Other Alabama Counties Under the Freeze Watch Blount

Calhoun

Cherokee

Cleburne

Clay

Etowah

Jefferson

Marion

Randolph

Shelby

St. Clair

Talladega

Winston

Make sure to include in your agenda the task of safeguarding or relocating any plants and pets that are vulnerable to the cold, while also ensuring that children are warmly dressed when waiting at the bus stop, said the National Weather Service in Birmingham.

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