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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA

November 1, 20214 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this freeze warning at Nov 1, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Nov 2, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
Nov 1, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 2, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 2, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lee County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Warren County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

422 
WWUS73 KDVN 011914
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
214 PM CDT Mon Nov 1 2021

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-020315-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FZ.W.0005.211102T0500Z-211102T1400Z/
Jefferson-Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee-Henderson-Warren-
Hancock-McDonough-Scotland-Clark-
Including the cities of Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, 
Keosauqua, Fort Madison, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, 
Memphis, and Kahoka
214 PM CDT Mon Nov 1 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast Missouri, southeast Iowa and 
  west central Illinois.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

www.weather.gov/dvn
3 follow-up statements
576 
WWUS73 KDVN 020106
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
806 PM CDT Mon Nov 1 2021

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-021030-
/O.CON.KDVN.FZ.W.0005.211102T0500Z-211102T1400Z/
Jefferson-Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee-Henderson-Warren-
Hancock-McDonough-Scotland-Clark-
Including the cities of Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, 
Keosauqua, Fort Madison, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, 
Memphis, and Kahoka
806 PM CDT Mon Nov 1 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast Missouri, southeast Iowa and 
  west central Illinois.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation, and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

www.weather.gov/dvn

Uttech
487 
WWUS73 KDVN 020801
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
301 AM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-021400-
/O.CON.KDVN.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211102T1400Z/
Jefferson-Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee-Henderson-Warren-
Hancock-McDonough-Scotland-Clark-
Including the cities of Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, 
Keosauqua, Fort Madison, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, 
Memphis, and Kahoka
301 AM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast Missouri, southeast Iowa and 
  west central Illinois.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$

www.weather.gov/dvn
198 
WWUS73 KDVN 021423
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
923 AM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-021530-
/O.EXP.KDVN.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211102T1400Z/
Jefferson-Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee-Henderson-Warren-
Hancock-McDonough-Scotland-Clark-
Including the cities of Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, 
Keosauqua, Fort Madison, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, 
Memphis, and Kahoka
923 AM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021

...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

Temperatures are warming above freezing and the threat for frost
and freeze is ending. Thus, the Freeze Warning was allowed to 
expire at 9 AM CDT..

$$

www.weather.gov/dvn

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Iowa, 2021Freeze Warnings in Illinois, 2021Freeze Warnings in Missouri, 2021Every freeze warning in 2021

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.