Active AlertsMacy, NE

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that havein-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.* WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and eastcentral and northeast Nebraska.* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Friday.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.