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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 3, 202411 counties in North Dakota; 10 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this frost advisory at Oct 3, 2024, 1:31 PM CDT for 11 counties in North Dakota; 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 4, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2024, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 4, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 4, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 21 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Oct 3, 12:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 12:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 1:31 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh	18 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in North Dakota, 2024 Frost Advisories in Minnesota, 2024 Every frost advisory in 2024

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.