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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
138 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-161200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.A.0002.261017T0600Z-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 Alexandria, Elk River, Monticello, Rice Lake,
Ladysmith, Victoria, Olivia, Chanhassen, Granite Falls, St Peter,
Long Prairie, Eau Claire, Faribault, Willmar, Benson, Waseca, Chaska,
Blue Earth, Sauk Rapids, Shakopee, Little Falls, Stillwater,
Glenwood, St Paul, Hutchinson, Mankato, Litchfield, Gaylord,
Owatonna, Menomonie, Princeton, New Ulm, River Falls, Durand,
Minneapolis, Hastings, Albert Lea, Madison, Morris, Blaine, St James,
Chippewa Falls, St Cloud, Redwood Falls, Le Sueur, Mora, Montevideo,
Hudson, Cambridge, Red Wing, Osceola, Center City, and Fairmont
138 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central,
  southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and
  west central Wisconsin.

* WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday 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.

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ETA