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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 7, 20099 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this freeze warning at Oct 7, 2009, 4:58 PM CDT for 9 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 8, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 7, 2009, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 8, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 8, 2009, 4:05 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Oct 7, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 5:39 AM CDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
539 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-081200-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
539 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE FIRST WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING WITH
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 20S.

SNOW MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
EARLY SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME AREAS TO RECEIVE
THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 7, 4:58 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	FGF	Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 3 more	11 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in North Dakota, 2009 Every freeze warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.