Nebraska, Wyoming Freeze Watch | Effective 05/17/2026 11:22

Headline: 
Freeze Watch issued May 17 at 12:22PM MDT until May 19 at 10:00AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Event: 
Freeze Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 17, 2026 - 11:22am
Expires: 
May 18, 2026 - 5:00am
Description: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 18 possible. * WHERE...Portions of the panhandle of Nebraska and east central, south central, and southeast Wyoming. * WHEN...From late Monday night through Tuesday 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: 
Dawes; Box Butte; Scotts Bluff; Banner; Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne; North Sioux; South Sioux; Converse County Lower Elevations; Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County; East Platte County; Goshen County; Upper North Platte River Basin; Laramie Valley; South Laramie Range; South Laramie Range Foothills; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County
Forcast Office: 
NWS Cheyenne WY
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov