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Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 7:44PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Freeze Watch · Marquette; Green Lake; Fond Du Lac; Sheboygan; Sauk; Columbia; Dodge; Washington; Iowa; Dane; Jefferson; Waukesha; Lafayette; Green; Rock; Walworth. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

Bulletin issued
16 October 2026 at 00:44 UTC
First saved by us
16 October 2026 at 00:47 UTC
Last included in a daily record
16 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI · Marquette; Green Lake; Fond Du Lac; Sheboygan; Sauk; Columbia; Dodge; Washington; Iowa; Dane; Jefferson; Waukesha; Lafayette; Green; Rock; Walworth
Certainty / urgency
Possible / Future
Message expiry (not hazard end)
16 October 2026 at 08:45 UTC
Forecast onset / end
17 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC / 17 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast Wisconsin. * 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.

Instructions in this archived message

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

The saved record

What changed

0 updates · 1 first record

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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 00:47 UTC
  1. Saved by us

    Starting point

    First saved record

    Our first saved version of Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 7:44PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 00:44 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": "2026-10-16T08:45:00.000Z",
      "forecastEndAt": "2026-10-17T14:00:00.000Z",
      "severity": "Severe",
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      "certainty": "Possible",
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      "status": "Source update",
      "place": "Marquette; Green Lake; Fond Du Lac; Sheboygan; Sauk; Columbia; Dodge; Washington; Iowa; Dane; Jefferson; Waukesha; Lafayette; Green; Rock; Walworth",
      "coordinates": null,
      "issuer": "NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI",
      "summary": "Freeze Watch · Marquette; Green Lake; Fond Du Lac; Sheboygan; Sauk; Columbia; Dodge; Washington; Iowa; Dane; Jefferson; Waukesha; Lafayette; Green; Rock; Walworth. Severe; possible; urgency: future.",
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