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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 21, 201316 counties in Iowa; 9 counties in Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this freeze warning at Oct 21, 2013, 3:15 PM CDT for 16 counties in Iowa; 9 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Oct 21, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 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 21, 2013, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 21, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 22, 2013, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

All 25 counties

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

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 21, 1:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 1:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 21, 3:28 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DVN	Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more	27 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Iowa, 2013 Freeze Warnings in Illinois, 2013 Every freeze warning in 2013

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.