Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 9:51AM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s expected. * WHERE...Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Russell, Saline, and Reno Counties. * 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.
- Event time
- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- KS, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Russell; Lincoln; Barton; Ellsworth; Saline; Rice; McPherson; Reno
- event
- Freeze Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-17T01:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["KS"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T09:51:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.43db49b80fa5a80ee4ec99abf33cfc1fc5abda46.002.2
- references
- []
- instruction
- Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- message type
- Alert
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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