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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 19, 202616 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this freeze warning at May 19, 2026, 1:03 PM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 20, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
May 19, 2026, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 20, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 33 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 1:03 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryFGFBecker, Grant, Otter Tail20 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in North Dakota, 2026Freeze Warnings in Minnesota, 2026Every freeze warning 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.