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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

October 3, 202412 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this freeze warning at Oct 3, 2024, 2:03 PM CDT for 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 4, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 3, 2024, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 4, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 4, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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 3, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 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 3, 2:59 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 25 more	47 hr
Oct 3, 3:20 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley and 10 more	34 hr

Nearby

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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.