892  
WWUS73 KDDC 161448  
NPWDDC  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS  
948 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-171400-  
/O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0003.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/  
/O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0004.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/  
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-  
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-  
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HAYS, DIGHTON, ST. JOHN, SYRACUSE, KIOWA,  
SCOTT CITY, DEERFIELD, MONTEZUMA, PFEIFER, COLDWATER, GREENSBURG,  
JOHNSON CITY, SUBLETTE, LEWIS, ELKHART, SCOTT STATE LAKE, ASHLAND,  
DODGE CITY, LA CROSSE, PLAINS CITY, GARDEN CITY, MEADE, KINSLEY,  
MEDICINE LODGE, MINNEOLA, NESS CITY, FOWLER, WAKEENEY, LAKIN,  
MACKSVILLE, JETMORE, LARNED, CIMARRON, HUGOTON, HANSTON, LIBERAL,  
HAVILAND, PROTECTION, STAFFORD, SATANTA, ULYSSES, LAKE COLDWATER, AND  
PRATT  
948 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026 /848 AM MDT FRI OCT 16 2026/  
 
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT  
/8 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S IN WESTERN KANSAS AND  
LOWER 30S IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST  
CENTRAL KANSAS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/  
SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER  
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR  
PLUMBING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 
 
 
 
 
FINCH  
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