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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1030 PM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-171400-
/O.CON.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 Dodge City, Ashland, Larned, Garden City,
Liberal, Elkhart, Hays, Johnson City, Syracuse, Ness City, Satanta,
Medicine Lodge, Wakeeney, Lewis, Lakin, Fowler, Montezuma, Sublette,
La Crosse, Jetmore, Stafford, Greensburg, Haviland, Pratt,
Protection, Plains City, Dighton, Scott State
Lake, St. John, Kinsley, Minneola, Cimarron, Deerfield,
Coldwater, Scott City, Hanston, Kiowa, Meade, Pfeifer, Macksville,
Hugoton, Ulysses, and Lake Coldwater
1030 PM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026 /930 PM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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...Until 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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