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Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 6:22PM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND

Freeze Warning · Towner; Cavalier; Benson; Ramsey; Eddy; Nelson; Griggs; Barnes; Ransom; Sargent; Western Walsh County. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

Bulletin issued
13 October 2026 at 23:22 UTC
First saved by us
13 October 2026 at 18:43 UTC
Last included in a daily record
14 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Grand Forks ND · Towner; Cavalier; Benson; Ramsey; Eddy; Nelson; Griggs; Barnes; Ransom; Sargent; Western Walsh County
Certainty / urgency
Likely / Expected
Message expiry (not hazard end)
14 October 2026 at 10:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end
14 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC / 14 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast and southeast North Dakota. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Wednesday. * 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

1 update · 1 first record

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    Title
    Before

    Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 1:41PM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND

    After

    Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 6:22PM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND

    Source updated
    Before

    13 October 2026 at 18:41 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 23:22 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    13 October 2026 at 18:41 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 23:22 UTC

    Message expiry
    Before

    14 October 2026 at 02:45 UTC

    After

    14 October 2026 at 10:00 UTC

    Message type
    Before

    Alert

    After

    Update

    Source status
    Before

    Source alert

    After

    Source update

    Official description
    Before

    …ost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highest probability for freezing temperatures will be west of the Red River Valley.

    After

    …ost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f5c5cf370671b33f5e2e24b265a7aded06d953ad.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2a8f79757e2c58a52dddfbf41e4f8f89517eb83b.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 13 October 2026 at 23:22 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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First saved record · 13 October 2026 at 18:43 UTC
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    First saved record

    Our first saved version of Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 1:41PM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 13 October 2026 at 18:41 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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    The external page may have changed since this version was saved.