372  
WWUS73 KGID 151749  
NPWGID  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
1249 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2026  
 
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-160800-  
/O.NEW.KGID.FZ.A.0002.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/  
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 CAMPBELL, GENOA, CODELL, SUTTON, BEAVER CITY,  
YORK, LOUP CITY, STROMSBURG, SHELBY, ARAPAHOE, NELSON, WOLBACH,  
SHERMAN RESERVOIR, KEARNEY, GOTHENBURG, HARVARD, BELOIT, HOLDREGE,  
INAVALE, AURORA, SMITH CENTER, JEWELL, OSCEOLA, BOSTWICK, DESHLER,  
FRANKLIN, BELLAIRE, FULLERTON, MINDEN,  
ROSEMONT, ORD, CENTRAL CITY, ST. PAUL, GREELEY, IONIA, FAIRMONT,  
ELWOOD, ORLEANS, COZAD, DOWNS, BURR OAK, MANKATO, CAMBRIDGE, RED  
CLOUD, ALMA, WILLOW ISLAND, OSBORNE, POLK, CLAY CENTER, EXETER,  
SCOTIA, HOLLINGER, GRAND ISLAND, GENEVA, BLUE HILL, BLADEN, OXFORD,  
LEXINGTON, JOHNSON LAKE, HASTINGS, LITCHFIELD, KENSINGTON, FAIRFIELD,  
HILDRETH, SPALDING, HEBRON, EDGAR, STOCKTON, PHILLIPSBURG, SUPERIOR,  
AND PLAINVILLE  
1249 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2026  
 
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 28 POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL,  
AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  
 
* 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.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 

 
 

 
 
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