| Event | Freeze Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Phillips; Smith; Jewell; Rooks; Osborne; Mitchell; Valley; Greeley; Nance; Sherman; Howard; Merrick; Polk; Dawson; Buffalo; Hall; Hamilton; York; Gosper; Phelps; Kearney; Adams; Clay; Fillmore; Furnas; Harlan; Franklin; Webster; Nuckolls; Thayer |
| Effective | 10/15/2026, 12:49:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 10/16/2026, 3:00:00 AM CDT |
Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 12:49PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Details
* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible.
* WHERE…Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central,
and south central Nebraska.
* WHEN…From late Friday night 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.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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