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Freeze Warning issued October 14 at 3:44AM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND

Freeze Warning · Divide; Burke; Renville; Bottineau; Williams; Mountrail; McHenry; McKenzie; Dunn; Mercer; Oliver; Sheridan; Golden Valley; Billings; Stark; Burleigh; Slope; Hettinger; Grant; Bowman; Adams; Emmons; Northwest Ward; Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area; Western McLean; Eastern McLean; Western Morton; Eastern Morton; Western Sioux; Eastern Sioux. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

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Bulletin issued: 14 October 2026 at 08:44 UTC
First saved by us: 14 October 2026 at 02:28 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 Bismarck ND · Divide; Burke; Renville; Bottineau; Williams; Mountrail; McHenry; McKenzie; Dunn; Mercer; Oliver; Sheridan; Golden Valley; Billings; Stark; Burleigh; Slope; Hettinger; Grant; Bowman; Adams; Emmons; Northwest Ward; Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area; Western McLean; Eastern McLean; Western Morton; Eastern Morton; Western Sioux; Eastern Sioux
Certainty / urgency: Likely / Expected
Message expiry (not hazard end): 14 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 14 October 2026 at 08:44 UTC / 14 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Western and much of central North Dakota. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.

Instructions in this archived message

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

The saved record

What changed

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14 October 2026 at 08:58 UTC
Version 2
Source status changed
Title
Before
Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 9:18PM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND
After
Freeze Warning issued October 14 at 3:44AM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND
Source updated
Before
14 October 2026 at 02:18 UTC
After
14 October 2026 at 08:44 UTC
Effective from
Before
14 October 2026 at 02:18 UTC
After
14 October 2026 at 08:44 UTC
Forecast onset
Before
14 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC
After
14 October 2026 at 08:44 UTC
Message expiry
Before
14 October 2026 at 10:30 UTC
After
14 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC
Message type
Before
Alert
After
Update
Source status
Before
Source alert
After
Source update
Reported area
Before
Divide; Burke; Renville; Bottineau; Rolette; Williams; Mountrail; McHenry; Pierce; McKenzie; Dunn; Mercer; Oliver; Sheridan; Wells; Foster; Golden Valley; Billings; Stark; Burleigh; Kidder; Stutsman; Slope; Hettinger; Grant; Bowman; Adams; Emmons; Logan; La Moure; McIntosh; Dickey; Northwest Ward; Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area; Western McLean; Eastern McLean; Western Morton; Eastern Morton; Western Sioux; Eastern Sioux
After
Divide; Burke; Renville; Bottineau; Williams; Mountrail; McHenry; McKenzie; Dunn; Mercer; Oliver; Sheridan; Golden Valley; Billings; Stark; Burleigh; Slope; Hettinger; Grant; Bowman; Adams; Emmons; Northwest Ward; Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area; Western McLean; Eastern McLean; Western Morton; Eastern Morton; Western Sioux; Eastern Sioux
Source summary
Before
Freeze Warning · Divide; Burke; Renville; Bottineau; Rolette; Williams; Mountrail; McHenry; Pierce; McKenzie; Dunn; Mercer; Oliver; Sheridan; Wells; Foster; Golden Valley; Billings; Stark; Burleigh; Kidder; Stutsman; Slope; Hettinger; Grant; Bowman; Adams; Emmons; Logan; La Moure; McIntosh; Dickey; Northwest Ward; Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area; Western McLean; Eastern McLean; Western Morton; Eastern Morton; W…
After
Freeze Warning · Divide; Burke; Renville; Bottineau; Williams; Mountrail; McHenry; McKenzie; Dunn; Mercer; Oliver; Sheridan; Golden Valley; Billings; Stark; Burleigh; Slope; Hettinger; Grant; Bowman; Adams; Emmons; Northwest Ward; Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area; Western McLean; Eastern McLean; Western Morton; Eastern Morton; W…
Official description
Before
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * ~~WHERE...Portions of north central, northwest, south central, southeast, and southwest North Dakota. * WHEN...From 1 AM CDT /midnight MDT/ to 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ Wednesday.~~ * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.
After
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Western and much of central North Dakota. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.
External source link
Before
https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb09fb8d98d304279242407599c26d160bbf0ddd.001.1
After
https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f25da9b70e35c7cf9ecf8df1379d2e9159130269.002.1
Bulletin issued: 14 October 2026 at 08:44 UTC
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First saved record · 14 October 2026 at 02:28 UTC

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14 October 2026 at 02:28 UTC

Starting point

First saved record

Our first saved version of Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 9:18PM CDT until October 14 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 14 October 2026 at 02:18 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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