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Frost Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 5, 20258 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this frost advisory at Oct 5, 2025, 2:57 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 6, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

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 Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 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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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, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	28 min
Oct 5, 2:57 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Ramsey, Towner	18 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in North Dakota, 2025 Frost Advisories in Minnesota, 2025 Every frost advisory in 2025

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.