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Freeze Warning issued Oct. 13, 2026 by NWS Rapid City SD
Freeze Warning issued October 13 at 9:43PM MDT until October 14 at 8:00AM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD. Areas named: Harding; Northern Perkins; Ziebach; Southern Perkins.
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NWS Rapid City SD issued a Freeze Warning on Oct. 13, 2026, 9:43 p.m. MDT / 10:43 p.m. CDT, according to the National Weather Service's public alert record.
The alert states an effective time of Oct. 13, 2026, 9:43 p.m. MDT / 10:43 p.m. CDT, an onset of Oct. 14, 2026, 2 a.m. MDT / 3 a.m. CDT, and an expiry of Oct. 14, 2026, 8 a.m. MDT / 9 a.m. CDT. South Dakota spans two time zones and this alert may reach both, so each instant is shown in Mountain and then Central time; the office's own published offset is preserved in the machine-readable record.
The alert separately states that the hazard itself ends at Oct. 14, 2026, 8 a.m. MDT / 9 a.m. CDT. That is a different field from the message's expiry above and the two can differ.
Whether this alert is currently in effect is not stated in this text, deliberately: it depends on the time you are reading, so 605Buzz computes it from the expiry above each time the page is loaded rather than storing an answer that would go out of date without anyone noticing. The status shown at the top of this page is the computed one.
The issuing office classified this message as severity "Severe", certainty "Likely" and urgency "Expected". Those are the National Weather Service's own categories, reproduced exactly; 605Buzz does not re-rank them or translate them into a scale of its own.
The recommended response type on the message is "Execute".
The alert names these areas: Harding; Northern Perkins; Ziebach; Southern Perkins. The National Weather Service zone codes are SDZ001, SDZ002, SDZ014 and SDZ078.
The issuing office's own summary line, as written on Oct. 13, 2026, 9:43 p.m. MDT / 10:43 p.m. CDT:
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
The full text of the alert as issued on Oct. 13, 2026, 9:43 p.m. MDT / 10:43 p.m. CDT, reproduced without changes:
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 to 32 degrees expected.
* WHERE...Harding, Northern Perkins, Southern Perkins, and Ziebach.
* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM MDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
The protective-action text the issuing office attached, reproduced without changes:
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
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