Alert archive / Illinois / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this freeze warning at Apr 10, 2012, 3:44 AM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 3:00 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
- Apr 10, 2012, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 35 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 46 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
944 WWUS73 KILX 100844 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 344 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-102030- /O.UPG.KILX.FZ.A.0002.120411T0800Z-120411T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.FZ.W.0002.120411T0800Z-120411T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 344 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE...EXPECT LOWS TONIGHT TO RANGE FROM 29 TO 32 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS MAY KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...BRING PLANTS INDOORS...OR COVER THOSE THAT WILL REMAIN OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT. && $$ CHURCHILL
4 follow-up statements
280 WWUS73 KILX 101955 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 255 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-110400- /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0002.120411T0800Z-120411T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 255 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...EXPECT LOWS TONIGHT TO RANGE FROM 28 TO 32 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANOTHER NIGHT OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS MAY KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...BRING PLANTS INDOORS...OR COVER THOSE THAT WILL REMAIN OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT. && $$ SMITH
289 WWUS73 KILX 110411 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1111 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-111300- /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0002.120411T0800Z-120411T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1111 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...EXPECT LOWS TONIGHT TO RANGE FROM 28 TO 32 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANOTHER NIGHT OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS MAY KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...BRING PLANTS INDOORS...OR COVER THOSE THAT WILL REMAIN OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT. && $$ AUTEN
876 WWUS73 KILX 110846 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 346 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY EARLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-111300- /O.NEW.KILX.FZ.W.0003.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/ /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120411T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 346 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...EXPECT LOWS TONIGHT TO RANGE FROM 28 TO 32 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANOTHER NIGHT OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS MAY KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...BRING PLANTS INDOORS...OR COVER THOSE THAT WILL REMAIN OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ HJS
621 WWUS73 KILX 111255 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 755 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-112100- /O.EXP.KILX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120411T1300Z/ /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0003.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 755 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN RISING THIS MORNING AND WILL BE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BY 9 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Illinois, 2012Every freeze warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.