| Event | Freeze Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Eastern Cherry; Keya Paha; Boyd; Brown; Rock; Holt; Hooker; Thomas; Blaine; Loup; Garfield; Wheeler; McPherson; Logan; Custer; Lincoln; Hayes; Frontier |
| Effective | 10/16/2026, 3:36:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 10/16/2026, 4:00:00 PM CDT |
Freeze Watch issued October 16 at 3:36AM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE
Details
* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 possible.
* WHERE…Portions of central, north central, southwest, and west
central Nebraska.
* WHEN…From late tonight through Saturday morning.
* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
Instructions
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to
drip slowly.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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