Alertes en vigueur Hot Spring

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30.* WHERE...Pike, Clark, Hot Spring, Grant, Dallas, Cleveland,Ouachita, Calhoun and Bradley Counties.* WHEN...Until 9 AM CST this morning.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.

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.