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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Dodge City KS

938 PM MDT Tue May 5 2026



KSZ061-074-084-062000-

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Hamilton-Stanton-Morton-

Including the cities of Johnson City, Syracuse, and Elkhart

938 PM MDT Tue May 5 2026 /1038 PM CDT Tue May 5 2026/



...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY 

NIGHT TO 8 AM MDT /9 AM CDT/ THURSDAY...



* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 23 expected.



* WHERE...Hamilton, Morton, and Stanton Counties.



* WHEN...From midnight MDT /1 AM CDT/ Wednesday Night to 8 AM MDT /9 

  AM CDT/ Thursday.



* 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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KSZ030-043>045-062>064-075>078-085>087-062000-

/O.CON.KDDC.FZ.A.0002.260507T0600Z-260507T1400Z/

Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Grant-Haskell-Gray-

Ford-Stevens-Seward-Meade-

Including the cities of Lakin, Dodge City, Wakeeney, Scott City,

Jetmore, Plains City, Sublette, Montezuma, Dighton, Meade,

Liberal, Ness City, Hanston, Deerfield, Scott State Lake, Fowler,

Ulysses, Cimarron, Satanta, Garden City, and Hugoton

1038 PM CDT Tue May 5 2026



...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH 

THURSDAY MORNING...



* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible.



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



* WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday morning.



* 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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