777  
WWUS73 KFGF 161819  
NPWFGF  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
119 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
MNZ029>032-040-170230-  
/O.NEW.KFGF.FZ.W.0007.261017T0500Z-261017T1400Z/  
WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELBOW LAKE, FERGUS FALLS, NEW YORK MILLS,  
BRECKENRIDGE, AND WADENA  
119 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 30 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...WADENA, EAST OTTER TAIL, GRANT, WEST OTTER TAIL, AND WILKIN  
COUNTIES.  
 
* 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.  
 
 
 
 
 
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