297  
WWUS73 KGID 170758  
NPWGID  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
258 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
KSZ005-006-017-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>063-072>076-082>085-172100-  
/O.CON.KGID.FZ.A.0001.260418T0600Z-260418T1400Z/  
PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-  
POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-  
CLAY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GREELEY, KEARNEY, ALMA, CENTRAL CITY,  
SMITH CENTER, GENOA, STOCKTON, JOHNSON LAKE, SCOTIA, EDGAR,  
BELLAIRE, LEXINGTON, ORLEANS, PHILLIPSBURG, BLUE HILL, HOLLINGER,  
SHELBY, HILDRETH, RED CLOUD, CAMPBELL, ST. PAUL, STROMSBURG, ORD,  
ELWOOD, CLAY CENTER, CODELL, KENSINGTON, OSCEOLA, GRAND ISLAND,  
WILLOW ISLAND, SUTTON, OXFORD, COZAD, PLAINVILLE, FRANKLIN,  
LITCHFIELD, SHERMAN RESERVOIR, FAIRFIELD, SPALDING, BLADEN,  
HARVARD, HOLDREGE, HASTINGS, MINDEN, LOUP CITY, AURORA, WOLBACH,  
BEAVER CITY, INAVALE, CAMBRIDGE, POLK, ARAPAHOE, FULLERTON,  
GOTHENBURG, AND ROSEMONT  
258 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 22 POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL, EAST  
CENTRAL, AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* 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.  
 
TO PREVENT WATER PIPES FROM FREEZING; WRAP OR DRAIN OR ALLOW THEM TO  
DRIP SLOWLY.  
 

 
 

 
 
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