Freeze Watch
Status
Event Continued Active alertStart Time
Sat 04/18/2026 02:00 AM EDTEnd Time
Sat 04/18/2026 10:00 AM EDTSignificance
WatchImpacts
Moderate impact
Locations Affected
Wolf, KS ∙ Montezuma, KS ∙ Alamota, KS ∙ Jetmore, KS ∙ Hanston, KS ∙ Elkhart, KS ∙ Kismet, KS ∙ Hugoton, KS ∙ Garden City, KS ∙ Grigston, KSFull Alert Message
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1021 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Kansas. * 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.
Technical Header
KSZ030-043>045-061>063-074>077-084>086-170600- /O.CON.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.260418T0600Z-260418T1400Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant- Haskell-Gray-Morton-Stevens-Seward- Including the cities of Scott City, Wakeeney, Ness City, Elkhart, Cimarron, Liberal, Ulysses, Dighton, Garden City, Hugoton, Deerfield, Sublette, Satanta, Montezuma, Scott State Lake, Lakin, Johnson City, and Syracuse 1021 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026 /921 AM MDT Thu Apr 16 2026/
