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Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 8:24PM CDT until October 17 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

Freeze Watch · Parmer; Castro; Swisher; Briscoe; Bailey; Lamb; Hale; Floyd; Cochran; Hockley; Lubbock; Yoakum; Terry. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

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Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 01:24 UTC
First saved by us: 15 October 2026 at 17:47 UTC
Last included in a daily record: 16 October 2026
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Source classification: Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area: NWS Lubbock TX · Parmer; Castro; Swisher; Briscoe; Bailey; Lamb; Hale; Floyd; Cochran; Hockley; Lubbock; Yoakum; Terry
Certainty / urgency: Possible / Future
Message expiry (not hazard end): 16 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 17 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC / 17 October 2026 at 15:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible across the far southwestern Texas Panhandle and as low as 32 near the edge of the Caprock. * WHERE...Bailey, Cochran, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry, Yoakum, Briscoe, Castro, Parmer, and Swisher Counties. * 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.

Instructions in this archived message

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

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16 October 2026 at 01:32 UTC

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Title: Before
Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 12:37PM CDT until October 17 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
After
Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 8:24PM CDT until October 17 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Source updated: Before
15 October 2026 at 17:37 UTC
After
16 October 2026 at 01:24 UTC
Effective from: Before
15 October 2026 at 17:37 UTC
After
16 October 2026 at 01:24 UTC
Message type: Before
Alert
After
Update
Source status: Before
Source alert
After
Source update
External source link: Before
https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.88ede39b7bb051f1d1e9cb2686f2980bf6097672.001.1
After
https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9690e71b4ee7ff0bef26c1af09795628a8d197db.002.1

Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 01:24 UTC

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First saved record · 15 October 2026 at 17:47 UTC

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15 October 2026 at 17:47 UTC

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Our first saved version of Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 12:37PM CDT until October 17 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 15 October 2026 at 17:37 UTC

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Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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