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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 8, 201219 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this freeze watch at Apr 8, 2012, 3:29 PM CDT for 19 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 10, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2012, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 9, 2012, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

All 24 counties

Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 watch 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 watch went out at Apr 8, 3:10 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:10 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:04 AM CDT, 11 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
404 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-090915-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
404 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012

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

BREEZY CONDITIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 COMBINED WITH LOW
HUMIDITY LEVELS MAY RESULT IN AN ENHANCED FIRE RISK THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED MONDAY NIGHT MAINLY NORTH
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON IOWA...TO FREEPORT ILLINOIS.

WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY
NIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S
MAY RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Iowa, 2012 Freeze Watches in Illinois, 2012 Every freeze watch in 2012

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.