Severe Freeze Warnings Issued for 38 Indiana Counties as Temperatures Drop Sharply

Freeze Warnings are in effect for 38 counties in Indiana from early Sunday morning, with lows as cold as 30 degrees expected.

The warnings cover central, northern, east central and southeast Indiana.

Three National Weather Service offices issued them.

Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.

Unprotected outdoor plumbing could also be damaged.

Source: NWS Indianapolis on X

Central Indiana: 15 Counties

NWS Indianapolis expects lows as low as 30 degrees.

The warning runs 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. EDT Sunday.

Counties: Clinton, Howard, Montgomery, Boone, Tipton, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, Randolph, Hendricks, Hancock, Henry, Shelby, Rush and Decatur.

Cities include Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Zionsville, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Anderson, Muncie, Kokomo, Greenfield, Crawfordsville, Frankfort, Lebanon, Shelbyville and Greensburg.

Below-freezing temperatures are expected over northern and eastern central Indiana for the first time this fall.

Indianapolis itself is not in the warning list.

NWS Indianapolis says all of central Indiana is under either a Frost Advisory or a Freeze Warning.

Northern Indiana: 15 Counties

NWS Northern Indiana expects lows as low as 31 degrees.

The warning runs 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. EDT Sunday.

Counties: Lagrange, Steuben, Noble, De Kalb, Whitley, Kosciusko, Allen, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Grant, Blackford and Jay.

Cities include Fort Wayne, Huntington, Wabash, Marion, Peru, Warsaw, Angola, Auburn, Columbia City, Bluffton and Decatur.

Lows will be well into the 30s again, and the office has a mix of frost and freeze alerts in effect.

Sunday afternoon is warmer, with highs in the low 60s.

Source: NWS Northern Indiana on X

East Central and Southeast Indiana: 8 Counties

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