Active AlertsMiddlebury, OH

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 in the upper 20s and low 30sexpected.* WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan andnorthwest Ohio.* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Thursday.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.