Freeze Warning
Status
Event Continued Active alertStart Time
Sat 10/17/2026 01:00 AM EDTEnd Time
Sat 10/17/2026 10:00 AM EDTSignificance
WarningImpacts
High impact
Locations Affected
Minneapolis, MN ∙ Saint Paul, MN ∙ Bloomington, MN ∙ Plymouth, MN ∙ Brooklyn Park, MN ∙ Eau Claire, WI ∙ Blaine, MN ∙ Eagan, MN ∙ Maple Grove, MN ∙ Saint Cloud, MNFull Alert Message
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 457 PM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Technical Header
MNZ041>045-047>059-061-063>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-171400- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0006.261017T0500Z-261017T1400Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Anoka-Washington-Yellow Medicine-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur- Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa- Eau Claire- Including the cities of Morris, Little Falls, Chanhassen, Chaska, Benson, Princeton, St Cloud, Blue Earth, Durand, Albert Lea, Montevideo, Monticello, Eau Claire, Waseca, Red Wing, Glenwood, Hutchinson, Chippewa Falls, St Peter, Alexandria, Litchfield, Gaylord, Osceola, Blaine, Faribault, Mankato, Hudson, Rice Lake, Mora, Olivia, Sauk Rapids, Granite Falls, Cambridge, Madison, Hastings, Victoria, Owatonna, Fairmont, Menomonie, Elk River, Willmar, Long Prairie, New Ulm, Le Sueur, Redwood Falls, St James, River Falls, Shakopee, Ladysmith, Center City, and Stillwater 457 PM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026
