Freeze Watch — Parmer + 14 more areasFreeze Watch — Parmer + 14 more areas
Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.
What the preserved official data shows
This Freeze Watch left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Parmer; Castro; Swisher; Briscoe; Bailey; additional areas in official record. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Oct 15, 2026 · 10:32 PM CDT
- Record completed
- Oct 16, 2026 · 11:55 AM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 13 hours, 22 minutes
- Official severity
- Severe
- Named areas
- Parmer; Castro; Swisher; Briscoe; Bailey; additional areas in official record
- Official expiration
- Oct 16, 2026 · 3:00 PM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts
- Event
- Freeze Watch
- Affected Texas areas
- Parmer; Castro; Swisher; Briscoe; Bailey; Lamb; Hale; Floyd; Cochran; Hockley; Lubbock; Crosby; Yoakum; Terry; Lynn
- Effective
- 2026-10-15T22:27:00-05:00
- Expires
- 2026-10-16T15:00:00-05:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS Lubbock TX
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
This record is completed. Check current official sources before acting.Latest official-source information
* 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...The South Plains and the southwestern Texas Panhandle.
* 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.
Meaningful official changes
The complete source history remains preserved. Routine monitoring snapshots and small gauge fluctuations are condensed here for readability.
- Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.
Original source
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