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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
948 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-171400-
/O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0003.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0004.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-
Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
Including the cities of Hays, Dighton, St. John, Syracuse, Kiowa,
Scott City, Deerfield, Montezuma, Pfeifer, Coldwater, Greensburg,
Johnson City, Sublette, Lewis, Elkhart, Scott State Lake, Ashland,
Dodge City, La Crosse, Plains City, Garden City, Meade, Kinsley,
Medicine Lodge, Minneola, Ness City, Fowler, Wakeeney, Lakin,
Macksville, Jetmore, Larned, Cimarron, Hugoton, Hanston, Liberal,
Haviland, Protection, Stafford, Satanta, Ulysses, Lake Coldwater, and
Pratt
948 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026 /848 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT
/8 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the 20s in western Kansas and
  lower 30s in south central Kansas.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest, and west
  central Kansas.

* WHEN...From 1 AM CDT /midnight MDT/ to 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/
  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.

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FINCH