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Freeze Watch issued October 16 at 3:47AM CDT until October 17 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD

Freeze Watch · Lyon; Sioux; Plymouth; Woodbury; Lincoln; Lyon; Murray; Pipestone; Rock; Dixon; Dakota; Kingsbury; Brookings; Miner; Lake; Moody; Hanson; McCook; Minnehaha; Hutchinson; Turner; Lincoln; Bon Homme; Yankton; Clay; Union. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

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Bulletin issued
16 October 2026 at 08:47 UTC
First saved by us
16 October 2026 at 09:02 UTC
Last included in a daily record
16 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 Sioux Falls SD · Lyon; Sioux; Plymouth; Woodbury; Lincoln; Lyon; Murray; Pipestone; Rock; Dixon; Dakota; Kingsbury; Brookings; Miner; Lake; Moody; Hanson; McCook; Minnehaha; Hutchinson; Turner; Lincoln; Bon Homme; Yankton; Clay; Union
Certainty / urgency
Possible / Future
Message expiry (not hazard end)
16 October 2026 at 19:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end
17 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC / 17 October 2026 at 13:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday 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.

The saved record

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0 updates · 1 first record

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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 09:02 UTC

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    First saved record

    Our first saved version of Freeze Watch issued October 16 at 3:47AM CDT until October 17 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 08:47 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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  "forecastEndAt": "2026-10-17T13:00:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Freeze Watch · Lyon; Sioux; Plymouth; Woodbury; Lincoln; Lyon; Murray; Pipestone; Rock; Dixon; Dakota; Kingsbury; Brookings; Miner; Lake; Moody; Hanson; McCook; Minnehaha; Hutchinson; Turner; Lincoln; Bon Homme; Yankton; Clay; Union. Severe; possible; urgency: future.",
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