Freeze watch in effect for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL BELOW
FREEZING BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WILL
BE BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID
20S AROUND SUNRISE AND WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY LATE MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THIS WILL END THE GROWING SEASON OVER SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ANY VEGETATION LEFT
OUTSIDE WILL NOT SURVIVE.