Active AlertsWaterbury, 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.* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwestMinnesota, northeast Nebraska and east central and southeastSouth Dakota.* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT this morning.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.