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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

October 4, 201316 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this freeze warning at Oct 4, 2013, 2:49 PM MDT for 16 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 4, 2013, 11:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 4, 2013, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 4, 2013, 11:00 PM MDT
Expired: Oct 5, 2013, 9:00 AM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Oct 4, 10:01 AM MDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 10:01 AM MDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 2:13 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 4, 12:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 4, 1:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 4:22 AM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger	32 hr
Oct 4, 4:22 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Oliver, Slope, Stark	28 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in North Dakota, 2013 Every freeze warning in 2013

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.