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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 10, 20264 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this frost advisory at May 10, 2026, 11:34 AM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 11, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2026, 11:34 AM CDT (16:34 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 11, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Dickey County, ND, Foster County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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 10, 8:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 8:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 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 10, 1:34 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 25 more	23 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in North Dakota, 2026 Every frost advisory in 2026

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.