Severe Frost

Freeze Watch issued April 17 at 1:13AM MDT until April 18 at 8:00AM MDT by NWS Goodland KS

Cheyenne; Rawlins; Decatur; Norton; Sherman; Thomas; Sheridan; Graham; Wallace; Logan; Gove; Greeley; Wichita; Dundy; Hitchcock; Red Willow Source: NOAA / NWS

Details

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and
southwest Nebraska.

* WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Due to a warm early spring, green-up is
occurring 2 to 4 weeks earlier than climatological normals and the
growing season has begun.

Recommendations

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.