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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 5, 20255 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this freeze warning at Oct 5, 2025, 2:57 PM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 6, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 5, 2025, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 6, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 6, 2025, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 5, 12:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 12:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 9:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 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 4, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Kittson	32 min
Oct 4, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Roseau	37 min
Oct 4, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Roseau	51 min
Oct 4, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Kittson	35 min
Oct 4, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	25 min
Oct 4, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	26 min
Oct 5, 2:41 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more	16 hr
Oct 5, 2:57 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more	18 hr
Oct 5, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	28 min

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.