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Freeze Watch issued October 12 at 9:54AM PDT until October 13 at 9:00AM PDT by NWS Pendleton OR

Freeze Watch · Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon; Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon; Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon; North Central Oregon; Kittitas Valley; Yakima Valley; Lower Columbia Basin of Washington; Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

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Bulletin issued: 12 October 2026 at 16:54 UTC
First saved by us: 12 October 2026 at 16:58 UTC
Last included in a daily record: 12 October 2026
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Source classification: Severe · Source alert

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Issuer / area: NWS Pendleton OR · Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon; Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon; Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon; North Central Oregon; Kittitas Valley; Yakima Valley; Lower Columbia Basin of Washington; Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington
Certainty / urgency: Possible / Future
Message expiry (not hazard end): 12 October 2026 at 23:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 13 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC / 13 October 2026 at 16:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Oregon and Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington, North Central Oregon, Kittitas Valley, and Yakima Valley. * WHEN...From this evening through Tuesday 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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First saved record · 12 October 2026 at 16:58 UTC

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12 October 2026 at 16:58 UTC

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Our first saved version of Freeze Watch issued October 12 at 9:54AM PDT until October 13 at 9:00AM PDT by NWS Pendleton OR. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 12 October 2026 at 16:54 UTC

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