Local brief
Crook County: NWS Freeze Watch, lows as low as 30 early Saturday, Oct. 10
NWS Pendleton issued a Freeze Watch at 11:36 a.m. PT Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, for the Grande Ronde Valley (Union County), Wallowa County, and Central Oregon (Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties). It runs from late Fri
Crook County copy. NWS Pendleton's Freeze Watch covers the Central Oregon zone (ORZ511), which the alert codes to Crook County, from 1:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT Saturday, Oct. 10. NWS says sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 are possible.
NWS Pendleton issued a Freeze Watch at 11:36 a.m. PT Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. It is in effect from late Friday night through Saturday morning, 1:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. The watch covers three NWS forecast zones in Oregon: Grande Ronde Valley (ORZ049, Union County), Wallowa County (ORZ050), and Central Oregon (ORZ511, which the alert codes to Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties).
What NWS says: sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 are possible in Central Oregon and the Grande Ronde Valley. In Wallowa County, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 are possible for the Wallowa Valley. Impacts, in the Weather Service's words: "Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing."
NWS recommended action: "Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold." A watch means freezing temperatures are possible, not certain. NWS can upgrade it to a Freeze Warning, change it, or cancel it before Saturday morning, so check the latest NWS Pendleton product before you rely on this page.
The full plain-language brief, with the official clocks and the source links, is the Notice Nearby public paper: https://noticenearby.com/papers/freeze-watch-nws-pendleton-oregon-oct-8-2026.
Official source: National Weather Service Pendleton OR Freeze Watch (NPWPDT). NWS zone page: https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=ORZ511&warncounty=ORC013. Alert record: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a3e88d28a41f89bcceef62cc31323e0bf6fb61b0.001.1
County hub: https://noticenearby.com/or/crook. Notice Nearby is not the National Weather Service. If an official page and this note disagree, the official page wins.
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-or-crook-freeze-watch-2026-10-08 · National Weather Service Pendleton OR Freeze Watch (NPWPDT).
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