Alertes en vigueur Cherokee

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected.* WHERE...Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers,Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah,Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo,Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair,Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and WinstonCounties.* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM CST Saturday.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.To prevent freezing and possible bursting of pipes they should bewrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly.Those that have in ground sprinkler systems should drain them andcover above ground pipes to protect them from freezing.