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Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 8:39AM MDT until October 13 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID

Freeze Warning · Shoshone/Lava Beds; Arco/Mud Lake Desert; Lower Snake River Plain; Eastern Magic Valley. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

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Bulletin issued
13 October 2026 at 14:39 UTC
First saved by us
12 October 2026 at 16:58 UTC
Last included in a daily record
13 October 2026

The linked daily edition preserves what we captured that UTC day; this event page is not a live warning.

Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Pocatello ID · Shoshone/Lava Beds; Arco/Mud Lake Desert; Lower Snake River Plain; Eastern Magic Valley
Certainty / urgency
Likely / Expected
Message expiry (not hazard end)
13 October 2026 at 15:45 UTC
Forecast onset / end
13 October 2026 at 14:39 UTC / 13 October 2026 at 15:00 UTC

Archived official description

Temperatures have largely remained above freezing with widespread upper-30s currently.

The saved record

What changed

1 update · 1 first record

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    Title
    Before

    Freeze Warning issued October 12 at 10:48AM MDT until October 13 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID

    After

    Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 8:39AM MDT until October 13 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID

    Source updated
    Before

    12 October 2026 at 16:48 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 14:39 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    12 October 2026 at 16:48 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 14:39 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    13 October 2026 at 10:00 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 14:39 UTC

    Message expiry
    Before

    13 October 2026 at 15:00 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 15:45 UTC

    Message type
    Before

    Alert

    After

    Update

    Source status
    Before

    Source alert

    After

    Source update

    Official description
    Before

    * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Eastern Magic Valley, Shoshone/Lava Beds, Arco/Mud Lake Desert, and Lower Snake River Plain. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 9 AM MDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Extensive cloud cover will be a limiting factor, likely making sub-freezing temperatures very short-lived.

    After

    Temperatures have largely remained above freezing with widespread upper-30s currently.

    Official instructions
    Before

    Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

    After

    Not supplied

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.95038e7f2a703246ff528bab0c51561ea266e6bc.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c970c629870bd747da06f082973914648ec4118f.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 13 October 2026 at 14:39 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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  "expiresAt": "2026-10-13T15:45:00.000Z",
  "forecastEndAt": "2026-10-13T15:00:00.000Z",
  "severity": "Severe",
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  "certainty": "Likely",
  "messageType": "Update",
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  "summary": "Freeze Warning · Shoshone/Lava Beds; Arco/Mud Lake Desert; Lower Snake River Plain; Eastern Magic Valley. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.",
  "description": "Temperatures have largely remained above freezing with widespread\nupper-30s currently.",
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First saved record · 12 October 2026 at 16:58 UTC

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    First saved record

    Our first saved version of Freeze Warning issued October 12 at 10:48AM MDT until October 13 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 12 October 2026 at 16:48 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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  "issuedAt": "2026-10-12T16:48:00.000Z",
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  "onsetAt": "2026-10-13T10:00:00.000Z",
  "expiresAt": "2026-10-13T15:00:00.000Z",
  "forecastEndAt": "2026-10-13T15:00:00.000Z",
  "severity": "Severe",
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  "certainty": "Likely",
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  "instruction": "Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.",
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  "source": "nws",
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