325  
WWUS73 KOAX 011736  
NPWOAX  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
1236 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026  
 
IAZ043-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>044-020600-  
/O.NEW.KOAX.FZ.W.0002.260502T0600Z-260502T1300Z/  
MONONA-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-  
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ONAWA, SCHUYLER, FREMONT, VERDIGRE, MAPLETON,  
MACY, HARTINGTON, ALBION, NORFOLK, STANTON, WINNEBAGO, COLERIDGE,  
WAUSA, PIERCE, OAKLAND, WALTHILL, CROFTON, PENDER, TEKAMAH, OSMOND,  
RANDOLPH, CREIGHTON, WISNER, PLAINVIEW, NELIGH, COLUMBUS, NIOBRARA,  
ELGIN, DECATUR, LAUREL, BLOOMFIELD, WEST  
POINT, WAYNE, ST. EDWARD, AND LYONS  
1236 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026  
   
..FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 31 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND EAST CENTRAL AND  
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT 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.  
 
 
 
 
 
IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-  
020600-  
/O.NEW.KOAX.FR.Y.0003.260502T0600Z-260502T1300Z/  
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-  
WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-  
SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FARRAGUT, RED OAK, WILBER, YUTAN, WAHOO,  
SHENANDOAH, LOGAN, PAWNEE CITY, AUBURN, CLARINDA, TABOR, PLATTSMOUTH,  
MISSOURI VALLEY, HARLAN, SEWARD, FALLS CITY, WOODBINE, LINCOLN,  
CRETE, BEATRICE, PAPILLION, TECUMSEH, HAMBURG, OMAHA, SIDNEY,  
BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA CITY, STERLING, FAIRBURY, DAVID CITY, DUNLAP,  
BLAIR, MILFORD, ASHLAND, LA VISTA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, TABLE ROCK, AND  
GLENWOOD  
1236 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026  
   
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY  
 
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 33 WILL RESULT IN FROST FORMATION.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST  
NEBRASKA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE  
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 
 
 
 
 
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