| Event | Freeze Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Rawlins; Decatur; Norton; Thomas; Sheridan; Graham; Logan; Gove; Wichita; Hitchcock; Red Willow |
| Effective | 10/15/2026, 11:17:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 10/17/2026, 10:00:00 AM CDT |
Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 10:17AM MDT until October 17 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Goodland KS
Details
* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible.
* WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and southwest
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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