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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.

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ANW