723  
WWUS73 KGID 020844  
NPWGID  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
344 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025  
 
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-022015-  
/O.NEW.KGID.FR.Y.0002.250503T0600Z-250503T1400Z/  
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-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CODELL, NELSON, MANKATO, OSCEOLA,  
GREELEY, SCOTIA, COZAD, HARVARD, HILDRETH, LOUP CITY, SHELBY,  
ARAPAHOE, DOWNS, JOHNSON LAKE, KENSINGTON, STOCKTON,  
PHILLIPSBURG, FULLERTON, HOLLINGER, INAVALE, BEAVER CITY, MINDEN,  
ORD, FAIRFIELD, JEWELL, IONIA, STROMSBURG, BURR OAK, GRAND  
ISLAND, BLUE HILL, SHERMAN RESERVOIR, KEARNEY, CLAY CENTER,  
EXETER, BELOIT, YORK, ELWOOD, ALMA, GENEVA, OSBORNE, OXFORD,  
FRANKLIN, SUPERIOR, GENOA, FAIRMONT, CAMPBELL, CENTRAL CITY,  
HASTINGS, AURORA, GOTHENBURG, RED CLOUD, SPALDING, EDGAR,  
DESHLER, LEXINGTON, CAMBRIDGE, BLADEN, HEBRON, BOSTWICK,  
PLAINVILLE, SUTTON, ROSEMONT, BELLAIRE, ORLEANS, ST. PAUL,  
WOLBACH, HOLDREGE, WILLOW ISLAND, SMITH CENTER, LITCHFIELD, AND  
POLK  
344 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025  
   
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY  
 
* WHAT...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS MAINLY 33 TO 37  
DEGREES COULD RESULT IN FROST FORMATION.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL, EAST  
CENTRAL, AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA, INCLUDING THE TRI CITIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE  
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FROST DEVELOPMENT WITHIN  
THE ADVISORY AREA IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN, AND WILL DEPEND HEAVILY  
ON EXACTLY HOW COLD IT GETS. IF TEMPERATURES HOLD UP A FEW DEGREES  
WARMER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST, LITTLE TO NO FROST WOULD DEVELOP,  
AND WHAT DOES OCCUR WOULD MAINLY FAVOR LOCALIZED LOW-LYING AND  
SHELTERED LOCATIONS. HOWEVER, IF TEMPERATURES DROP TO, OR  
ESPECIALLY SLIGHTLY COLDER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST, THEN FROST  
DEVELOPMENT WOULD LIKELY BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 
 
 
 
 
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