Kansas Freeze Watch | Effective 05/05/2026 20:38

Headline: 
Freeze Watch issued May 5 at 9:38PM MDT until May 7 at 8:00AM MDT by NWS Dodge City KS
Event: 
Freeze Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 5, 2026 - 8:38pm
Expires: 
May 6, 2026 - 1:00pm
Description: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Kansas. * WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instruction: 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Area Description: 
Trego; Scott; Lane; Ness; Kearny; Finney; Hodgeman; Grant; Haskell; Gray; Ford; Stevens; Seward; Meade
Forcast Office: 
NWS Dodge City KS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov