WWUS73 KGLD 152235
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
435 PM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-162100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FZ.A.0001.260418T0600Z-260418T1400Z/
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne CO-Cheyenne KS-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-
Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-
Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
Including the cities of Benkelman, Yuma, Culbertson, Trenton,
Hoxie, St. Francis, Oakley, Quinter, Leoti, Hill City, Arapahoe,
McCook, Tribune, Palisade, Bird City, Cheyenne Wells, Burlington,
Grinnell, Colby, Grainfield, Stratton Ne, Wray, Norton, Atwood,
Sharon Springs, Goodland, and Oberlin
435 PM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026 /535 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026/

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 possible.

* WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Colorado, northwest
  and west central Kansas, and southwest 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Due to a warm early spring, green-up is
  occurring 2 to 4 weeks earlier than climatological normals and the
  growing season has begun.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

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