National Weather Service Frost Watch: Northwest and Western Virginia

WHERE: Parts of western Maryland, northwestern and western Virginia, and eastern West Virginia.

WHAT: Temperatures below freezing of a maximum of 30 degrees.

WHEN: From late Thursday evening to Friday morning.

EFFECTS: Freezing conditions could destroy crops and other sensitive vegetation and potentially damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

PRECAUTIONS: Take steps now to protect sensitive plants from the cold.

CITIES/COUNTIES: Garrett-Extreme Western Allegany-Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-Page-Western Highland-Eastern Highland-Hampshire-Hardy-Western Grant-Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton-Eastern Pendleton- Including the cities of Elk Garden, Keyser, Frostburg, New Market, Hightown, Mount Storm, Russelldale, Antioch, Brandywine, Franklin, Bayard, Monterey, New Creek, Stanley, Headsville, Stuarts Draft, Shenandoah, Petersburg, Sugar Grove, Staunton, Mountain Lake Park, Harrisonburg, Grantsville, Fort Ashby, Mount Jackson, Ridgeville, Romney, Oak Flat, Waynesboro, Riverton, Oakland, Strasburg, Moorefield, Luray, Woodstock and Ruddle

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