⚠️ Freeze Warning – Monona; Harrison; Shelby; Pottawattamie; Mills; Montgomery; Fremont; Page; Knox; Cedar; Thurston; Antelope; Pierce; Wayne; Boone; Madison; Stanton; Cuming; Burt; Platte; Colfax; Dodge; Washington; Butler; Saunders; Douglas; Sarpy; Seward; Lancaster; Cass; Otoe; Saline; Jefferson; Gage; Johnson; Nemaha; Pawnee; Richardson – Friday, October 16, 2026

Event	Freeze Warning
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Expected
Certainty	Likely
Area	Monona; Harrison; Shelby; Pottawattamie; Mills; Montgomery; Fremont; Page; Knox; Cedar; Thurston; Antelope; Pierce; Wayne; Boone; Madison; Stanton; Cuming; Burt; Platte; Colfax; Dodge; Washington; Butler; Saunders; Douglas; Sarpy; Seward; Lancaster; Cass; Otoe; Saline; Jefferson; Gage; Johnson; Nemaha; Pawnee; Richardson
Effective	10/16/2026, 10:01:00 AM CDT
Expires	10/17/2026, 9:00:00 AM CDT

Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 10:01AM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected.

* WHERE…Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east
central, northeast, and southeast Nebraska.

* WHEN…From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday.

* 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.

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.