Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 8:34PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27-32 degrees likely, along with fairly widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central, and south central Nebraska, including the Tri Cities. * 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is increasing that at least slightly sub-freezing temperatures and widespread frost formation will likely occur early Saturday morning. As a result, it is probable that most, if not all, of this Watch will be converted to a Warning during the day Friday. 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.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Phillips; Smith; Jewell; Rooks; Osborne; Mitchell; Valley; Greeley; Nance; Sherman; Howard; Merrick; Polk; Dawson; Buffalo; Hall; Hamilton; York; Gosper; Phelps; Kearney; Adams; Clay; Fillmore; Furnas; Harlan; Franklin; Webster; Nuckolls; Thayer
- event
- Freeze Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-17T01:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["KS","NE"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-15T20:34:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.01dd7b48307fe5b16263f25fa9a68d6fe1f5de7b.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.808df81dfc23f12183328551a5815ef146d4df84.001.1"]
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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