559  
WWUS73 KOAX 151818  
NPWOAX  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
118 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2026  
 
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-  
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-160230-  
/O.NEW.KOAX.FZ.A.0001.261017T0600Z-261017T1300Z/  
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-  
KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-  
CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-  
SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-  
NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HARLAN, CLARINDA, PAPILLION, TECUMSEH,  
DUNLAP, OSMOND, WAYNE, ASHLAND, MACY, NORFOLK, LYONS, FREMONT,  
SCHUYLER, YUTAN, WISNER, FARRAGUT, PLATTSMOUTH, RED OAK, ONAWA, DAVID  
CITY, NELIGH, OAKLAND, STERLING, SHENANDOAH, FALLS CITY, SIDNEY,  
HAMBURG, PENDER, ELGIN, CRETE, OMAHA, COLERIDGE, CROFTON, WAUSA,  
NEBRASKA CITY, BEATRICE, CREIGHTON, LAUREL, STANTON, HARTINGTON, WEST  
POINT, FAIRBURY, MAPLETON, LA VISTA, TABLE ROCK,  
WAHOO, COUNCIL BLUFFS, ST. EDWARD, GLENWOOD, RANDOLPH, TABOR,  
ALBION, BELLEVUE, SEWARD, MILFORD, PAWNEE CITY, BLOOMFIELD, DECATUR,  
PIERCE, MISSOURI VALLEY, PLAINVIEW, COLUMBUS, TEKAMAH, BLAIR,  
LINCOLN, WINNEBAGO, LOGAN, NIOBRARA, VERDIGRE, WALTHILL, AUBURN,  
WILBER, AND WOODBINE  
118 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2026  
 
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 30 POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND EAST  
CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, AND SOUTHEAST 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.  
 
TO PREVENT WATER PIPES FROM FREEZING; WRAP OR DRAIN OR ALLOW THEM TO  
DRIP SLOWLY.  
 

 
 

 
 
ANW  
 
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