Alertes en vigueur Covington, IL

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected.* WHERE...Southwest Illinois and southeast Missouri including the StLouis area.* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 7 AM CDT Thursday.* 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.