| Event | Freeze Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Parmer; Castro; Swisher; Briscoe; Bailey; Lamb; Hale; Floyd; Cochran; Hockley; Lubbock; Yoakum; Terry |
| Effective | 10/15/2026, 12:37:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 10/16/2026, 7:00:00 AM CDT |
Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 12:37PM CDT until October 17 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Details
* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible across the
far southwestern Texas Panhandle and as low as 32 near the edge of
the Caprock.
* WHERE…Bailey, Cochran, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock,
Terry, Yoakum, Briscoe, Castro, Parmer, and Swisher Counties.
* 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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