Freeze Warning
Status
Event Continued Active alertStart Time
Sat 10/17/2026 04:24 AM EDTEnd Time
Sat 10/17/2026 10:00 AM EDTSignificance
WarningImpacts
High impact
Locations Affected
Saint Paul, MN ∙ Minneapolis, MN ∙ Bloomington, MN ∙ Plymouth, MN ∙ Brooklyn Park, MN ∙ Woodbury, MN ∙ Burnsville, MN ∙ Coon Rapids, MN ∙ Eau Claire, WI ∙ Blaine, MNFull Alert Message
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 324 AM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT this morning. * 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>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-171400- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-261017T1400Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-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 Willmar, Hastings, Durand, Eau Claire, New Ulm, Hutchinson, Minneapolis, Chippewa Falls, Rice Lake, St Paul, Faribault, Mora, Victoria, Gaylord, Little Falls, Shakopee, St Cloud, Benson, Long Prairie, Hudson, Menomonie, Chanhassen, Waseca, Ladysmith, Morris, Olivia, Owatonna, Cambridge, Madison, River Falls, Osceola, Monticello, Sauk Rapids, Red Wing, Blaine, Fairmont, Granite Falls, Montevideo, Redwood Falls, Le Sueur, St Peter, Chaska, Glenwood, Litchfield, Mankato, Albert Lea, Blue Earth, Alexandria, Elk River, Princeton, St James, Center City, and Stillwater 324 AM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026
