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Freeze Warning issued October 17 at 8:58AM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

Freeze Warning · Lagrange; Steuben; Noble; De Kalb; Whitley; Northern Kosciusko; Southern Kosciusko. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

Bulletin issued
17 October 2026 at 12:58 UTC
First saved by us
17 October 2026 at 05:47 UTC
Last included in a daily record
17 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Northern Indiana · Lagrange; Steuben; Noble; De Kalb; Whitley; Northern Kosciusko; Southern Kosciusko
Certainty / urgency
Likely / Expected
Message expiry (not hazard end)
18 October 2026 at 01:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end
18 October 2026 at 07:00 UTC / 18 October 2026 at 13:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected. * WHERE...De Kalb, Lagrange, Noble, Northern Kosciusko, Southern Kosciusko, Steuben, and Whitley Counties. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM EDT Sunday. * 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 17 at 1:34AM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

    After

    Freeze Warning issued October 17 at 8:58AM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

    Source updated
    Before

    17 October 2026 at 05:34 UTC

    After

    17 October 2026 at 12:58 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    17 October 2026 at 05:34 UTC

    After

    17 October 2026 at 12:58 UTC

    Message expiry
    Before

    17 October 2026 at 21:00 UTC

    After

    18 October 2026 at 01:00 UTC

    Message type
    Before

    Alert

    After

    Update

    Source status
    Before

    Source alert

    After

    Source update

    Official description
    Before

    * WHAT...For the Frost Advisory, temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected. * WHERE...De Kalb, Lagrange, Noble, Northern Kosciusko, Southern Kosciusko, Steuben, and Whitley Counties. * WHEN...For the Frost Advisory, until 9 AM EDT this morning. For the Freeze Warning, from 3 AM to 9 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

    After

    * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected. * WHERE...De Kalb, Lagrange, Noble, Northern Kosciusko, Southern Kosciusko, Steuben, and Whitley Counties. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1a1122dea573fe8c61731805a6947c875ff72916.001.2

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c9e160a1a422ecf845e397e68afd581e560c6cdc.001.2

    Bulletin issued: 17 October 2026 at 12:58 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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      "description": "* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected.\n\n* WHERE...De Kalb, Lagrange, Noble, Northern Kosciusko, Southern\nKosciusko, Steuben, and Whitley Counties.\n\n* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM EDT Sunday.\n\n* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other\nsensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor\nplumbing.",
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First saved record · 17 October 2026 at 05:47 UTC
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    First saved record

    Our first saved version of Freeze Warning issued October 17 at 1:34AM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 17 October 2026 at 05:34 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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