Numerous states in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are under a freeze warning overnight Friday and into the weekend, as temperatures are projected to drop below freezing.

Newsweek reached out to the National Weather Service (NWS) via email on Friday for comment.

The NWS cautions that sudden subfreezing temperatures could threaten crops, gardening efforts, and critical infrastructure such as water pipes.

The rapid descent of temperatures, which in some cases may reach the upper 20s, raises concerns for agriculture, property maintenance, and daily routines as winter-like conditions arrive.

According to the NWS, the warning impacts portions of Virginia, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Indiana.

The warnings go into effect from midnight to 2 a.m. and expire by 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. on Saturday.

"Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing," the warnings say. "Those with agricultural interests should protect sensitive vegetation. Valley locations and sheltered rural areas will experience the coldest temperatures," the NWS office in State College, Pennsylvania, said.

Portions of northern and east-central Indiana are affected by the warning. Northwest, north central, northeast, central, south central, southwest, and west-central Ohio are also facing the dropping temperatures, the NWS said.

Southwest and western Pennsylvania, along with the northern and northern panhandle of West Virginia, are also impacted, according to the NWS.

Portions of central, north-central, and northern Maryland, along with central and northern Virginia, may also see subfreezing temperatures.