Freeze Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Denver CO
1126 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
COZ050-051-171500-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FZ.W.0005.261017T0600Z-261017T1500Z/
Sedgwick County-Phillips County-
Including the cities of Amherst, Holyoke, Sedgwick, Julesburg, Ovid,
and Haxtun
1126 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 26 to 29 degrees expected.
* WHERE...Julesburg, and Holyoke.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive
vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Most of the northeast plains of Colorado will
drop below freezing tonight. However, this Freeze Warning will only
be in effect for locations that did not see a hard or killing
freeze (temperatures closer to 28F) last night.
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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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
953 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
COZ001-002-005-008-023-170600-
/O.EXP.KGJT.FZ.W.0022.000000T0000Z-261016T1600Z/
/O.EXT.KGJT.FZ.W.0023.261017T0600Z-261017T1500Z/
Lower Yampa River Basin-Central Yampa River Basin-Upper Yampa
River Basin-Central Colorado River Basin-San Juan River Basin-
Including the cities of Rangely, Dinosaur, Dinosaur National
Monument, Craig, Hayden, Meeker, Steamboat Springs, Edwards, Eagle,
Gypsum, Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Basalt, and Pagosa Springs
953 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
...TODAY`S FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING...
...TONIGHT`S FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9
AM MDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 to 30 expected.
* WHERE...Central Yampa River Basin, Lower Yampa River Basin, Upper
Yampa River Basin, San Juan River Basin, and Central Colorado River
Basin.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 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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KAA
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
925 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
COZ083>089-093>099-162330-
/O.UPG.KPUB.FZ.A.0007.261017T0600Z-261017T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.FZ.W.0007.261017T0600Z-261017T1500Z/
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-Northern El Paso
County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet-Colorado
Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-Eastern Las Animas
County-Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas
Vicinity/Bent County-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield
Vicinity/Baca County-
Including the cities of Olney Springs, Canon City, Ordway, Rocky
Ford, Penrose, Lamar, Eads, Branson, Springfield, Peterson Space
Force Base, Black Forest, Pueblo, Las Animas, Sheridan Lake, La
Junta, Trinidad, Kim, Colorado Springs, Walsh, and Walsenburg
925 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and southeast Colorado.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 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.
&&
$$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
948 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-171400-
/O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0003.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0004.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-
Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
Including the cities of Hays, Dighton, St. John, Syracuse, Kiowa,
Scott City, Deerfield, Montezuma, Pfeifer, Coldwater, Greensburg,
Johnson City, Sublette, Lewis, Elkhart, Scott State Lake, Ashland,
Dodge City, La Crosse, Plains City, Garden City, Meade, Kinsley,
Medicine Lodge, Minneola, Ness City, Fowler, Wakeeney, Lakin,
Macksville, Jetmore, Larned, Cimarron, Hugoton, Hanston, Liberal,
Haviland, Protection, Stafford, Satanta, Ulysses, Lake Coldwater, and
Pratt
948 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026 /848 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026/
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT
/8 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the 20s in western Kansas and
lower 30s in south central Kansas.
* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest, and west
central Kansas.
* WHEN...From 1 AM CDT /midnight MDT/ to 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/
Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
&&
$$
FINCH
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
840 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-171500-
/O.UPG.KGLD.FZ.A.0005.261017T0600Z-261017T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.FZ.W.0004.261017T0600Z-261017T1500Z/
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne CO-Cheyenne KS-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-
Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-
Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
Including the cities of Atwood, Arapahoe, Hoxie, St. Francis,
Burlington, Grainfield, Palisade, Stratton Ne, Yuma, Quinter, Sharon
Springs, Trenton, Culbertson, Norton, Leoti, Tribune, Hill City,
Colby, Wray, Oakley, Benkelman, Cheyenne Wells, Grinnell, Oberlin,
Goodland, McCook, and Bird City
840 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026 /940 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026/
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9
AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Colorado, northwest
and west central Kansas, and southwest Nebraska.
* WHEN...From midnight MDT /1 AM CDT/ tonight to 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/
Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drain in-ground sprinkler systems and cover above ground pipes.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
&&
$$
Rhoades
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
909 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-171515-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne CO-Cheyenne KS-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-
Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-
Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
909 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026 /1009 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026/
This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A Freeze Warning has been issued for the entire Tri-State area for
Friday night through Saturday morning. Cold temperatures could
damage sensitive vegetation and exposed pipes.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
Critical fire weather conditions are possible Saturday afternoon in
northeast Colorado and adjacent counties in northwest Kansas and
southwest Nebraska.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected today or tonight.
$$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
445 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026
NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-170945-
Sheridan-Eastern Cherry-Keya Paha-Boyd-Brown-Rock-Holt-Garden-Grant-
Hooker-Thomas-Blaine-Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Arthur-McPherson-Logan-
Custer-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Lincoln-Chase-Hayes-Frontier-
Western Cherry-
445 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026 /345 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026/
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north
central Nebraska.
.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.
Frost and sub-freezing temperatures are expected to continue this
morning across western Nebraska, with a Freeze Warning in effect
through late this morning. Wind chills in the teens to lower 20s are
also expected.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
An additional round of frost and sub-freezing temperatures is
expected Friday night into Saturday morning across southwest,
central, and north central Nebraska, with a Freeze Watch in effect.
Wind chills in the teens to lower 20s are also expected Saturday
morning.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
$$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1246 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
COZ058>089-093>099-170700-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-
Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-
Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
1246 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026
This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.
.DAY ONE...Tonight
Another hard freeze will be possible across most of the southeast
plains which could be cold enough and long enough duration to
bring an end to the growing season. Protect tender plants and
exposed water pipes.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday
Isolated showers and thunderstorms will spread across the mountains
late Sunday through Tuesday though any precipitation will be light
with snow levels remaining across the higher peaks. The main risk
with thunderstorms will be lightning, gusty outflow winds up to 40
mph and spotty light rainfall. Another storm system will approach
the region in the mid to latter part of next week, increasing
showers and thunderstorms and higher elevation snows across southern
Colorado towards next weekend.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight.
$$
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