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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 2, 20108 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this freeze warning at Oct 2, 2010, 10:25 PM CDT for 8 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It took effect at Oct 3, 2010, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2010, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 3, 2010, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 3, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Oct 2, 3:08 PM CDT, 7 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 3:08 PM CDT, 7 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 5:05 AM CDT, 17 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
505 AM CDT SAT OCT 2 2010

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-031000-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-
CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-
HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-
JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-
MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-
SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-
WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
505 AM CDT SAT OCT 2 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH AREAS OF FROST OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH. THERE
IS EVEN A CHANCE FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
THESE KIND OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND FROST WILL PUT AN END TO THE
GROWING SEASON. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK
AREA FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THERE MAY EVEN BE THE
EVENTUAL NEED FOR A FREEZE WARNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 30.

PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE
SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 30S...AREAS OF FROST ARE
AGAIN EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 3:10 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more18 hr
Oct 3, 10:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNHancock9 days

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Iowa, 2010Freeze Warnings in Illinois, 2010Every freeze warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.