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Freeze Watch issued October 14 at 10:03PM MDT until October 16 at 10:00AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO

Freeze Watch · Lower Yampa River Basin; Central Yampa River Basin; Upper Yampa River Basin; Central Colorado River Basin; San Juan River Basin. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

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Bulletin issued: 15 October 2026 at 04:03 UTC
First saved by us: 14 October 2026 at 19:13 UTC
Last included in a daily record: 15 October 2026
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Source classification: Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area: NWS Grand Junction CO · Lower Yampa River Basin; Central Yampa River Basin; Upper Yampa River Basin; Central Colorado River Basin; San Juan River Basin
Certainty / urgency: Possible / Future
Message expiry (not hazard end): 15 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 16 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC / 16 October 2026 at 16:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 24 to 30 possible. Lower valleys may drop to 20. * WHERE...Central Yampa River Basin, Lower Yampa River Basin, Upper Yampa River Basin, San Juan River Basin, and Central Colorado River Basin. * WHEN...From late Thursday night through Friday 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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15 October 2026 at 04:13 UTC

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Title: Before
Freeze Watch issued October 14 at 1:04PM MDT until October 16 at 10:00AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
After
Freeze Watch issued October 14 at 10:03PM MDT until October 16 at 10:00AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
Source updated: Before
14 October 2026 at 19:04 UTC
After
15 October 2026 at 04:03 UTC
Effective from: Before
14 October 2026 at 19:04 UTC
After
15 October 2026 at 04:03 UTC
Message expiry: Before
15 October 2026 at 08:15 UTC
After
15 October 2026 at 18:00 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:2.49.0.1.840.0.72d97d08f3ce14ff62a44343a7116c6723d8141b.001.1
After
https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bdb1560d3291529f793b42b520b622c277ee5995.001.1

Bulletin issued: 15 October 2026 at 04:03 UTC

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First saved record · 14 October 2026 at 19:13 UTC

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14 October 2026 at 19:13 UTC

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Our first saved version of Freeze Watch issued October 14 at 1:04PM MDT until October 16 at 10:00AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 14 October 2026 at 19:04 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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