⚠️ Freeze Watch – Atchison; Doniphan; Atchison; Nodaway; Worth; Gentry; Harrison; Mercer; Putnam; Holt; Andrew; De Kalb; Daviess; Grundy; Sullivan; Buchanan – Thursday, October 15, 2026

Event	Freeze Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Atchison; Doniphan; Atchison; Nodaway; Worth; Gentry; Harrison; Mercer; Putnam; Holt; Andrew; De Kalb; Daviess; Grundy; Sullivan; Buchanan
Effective	10/15/2026, 1:48:00 PM CDT
Expires	10/16/2026, 7:00:00 AM CDT

Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 1:48PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible.

* WHERE…Portions of northeast Kansas and north central and
northwest Missouri.

* 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.

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.