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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 8, 202618 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this frost advisory at May 8, 2026, 1:35 PM CDT for 18 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 9, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2026, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 9, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Foster County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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 Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at May 8, 12:45 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:45 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 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
May 8, 2:58 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey and 25 more	19 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.