354  
WWUS73 KGLD 161440  
NPWGLD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS  
840 AM MDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-171500-  
/O.UPG.KGLD.FZ.A.0005.261017T0600Z-261017T1500Z/  
/O.NEW.KGLD.FZ.W.0004.261017T0600Z-261017T1500Z/  
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-  
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-  
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATWOOD, ARAPAHOE, HOXIE, ST. FRANCIS,  
BURLINGTON, GRAINFIELD, PALISADE, STRATTON NE, YUMA, QUINTER, SHARON  
SPRINGS, TRENTON, CULBERTSON, NORTON, LEOTI, TRIBUNE, HILL CITY,  
COLBY, WRAY, OAKLEY, BENKELMAN, CHEYENNE WELLS, GRINNELL, OBERLIN,  
GOODLAND, MCCOOK, AND BIRD CITY  
840 AM MDT FRI OCT 16 2026 /940 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026/  
 
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9  
AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 29 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO, NORTHWEST  
AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS, AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/  
SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER  
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR  
PLUMBING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DRAIN IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND COVER ABOVE GROUND PIPES.  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 

 
 

 
 
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