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Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 12:17AM MDT until October 16 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Freeze Warning · Dawes; Box Butte; Scotts Bluff; Banner; Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne; North Sioux; South Sioux; East Platte County; Goshen County; South Laramie Range Foothills; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

Bulletin issued
16 October 2026 at 06:17 UTC
First saved by us
15 October 2026 at 16:32 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 Cheyenne WY · Dawes; Box Butte; Scotts Bluff; Banner; Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne; North Sioux; South Sioux; East Platte County; Goshen County; South Laramie Range Foothills; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County
Certainty / urgency
Likely / Expected
Message expiry (not hazard end)
16 October 2026 at 15:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end
16 October 2026 at 06:17 UTC / 16 October 2026 at 15:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees possible. * WHERE...Western Nebraska and far southeast Wyoming. * WHEN...Until 9 AM MDT this 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.

The saved record

What changed

1 update · 1 first record

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    Title
    Before

    Freeze Warning issued October 15 at 10:13AM MDT until October 16 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

    After

    Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 12:17AM MDT until October 16 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

    Source updated
    Before

    15 October 2026 at 16:13 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 06:17 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    15 October 2026 at 16:13 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 06:17 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 06:17 UTC

    Message type
    Before

    Alert

    After

    Update

    Source status
    Before

    Source alert

    After

    Source update

    Official description
    Before

    …Sub-freezing temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees possible. * WHERE...Western Nebraska and far southeast Wyoming. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected o…

    After

    …Sub-freezing temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees possible. * WHERE...Western Nebraska and far southeast Wyoming. * WHEN...Until 9 AM MDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected o…

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e5f8700b97b67d19b0965ff4275858bada4437e9.001.2

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1478b843ca6678e0f929a825f3d5cec2a722dbd6.002.1

    Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 06:17 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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First saved record · 15 October 2026 at 16:32 UTC
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    First saved record

    Our first saved version of Freeze Warning issued October 15 at 10:13AM MDT until October 16 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 15 October 2026 at 16:13 UTC

    View saved version 1

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

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