Virginia Freeze Watch | Effective 04/19/2026 10:27

Headline: 
Freeze Watch issued April 19 at 1:27PM EDT until April 21 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
Event: 
Freeze Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
April 19, 2026 - 10:27am
Expires: 
April 19, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest, and west central 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.
Instruction: 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Area Description: 
Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Giles; Wythe; Pulaski; Montgomery; Craig; Alleghany; Bath; Roanoke; Botetourt; Rockbridge; Patrick; Franklin; Bedford; Amherst; Henry; Pittsylvania; Campbell; Appomattox; Buckingham; Halifax; Charlotte
Forcast Office: 
NWS Blacksburg VA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov