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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this freeze warning at Apr 2, 2021, 2:24 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 3, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 2, 2021, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
862 WWUS73 KILX 021924 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 224 PM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ILZ066>068-071>073-031300- /O.NEW.KILX.FZ.W.0003.210403T0600Z-210403T1300Z/ Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 224 PM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures overnight with lows in the lower 30s expected over southeast Illinois. * WHERE...Effingham, Jasper, Crawford, Clay, Richland and Lawrence Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill 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. && $$ 07
2 follow-up statements
670 WWUS73 KILX 030809 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 309 AM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021 ILZ066>068-071>073-031300- /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210403T1300Z/ Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 309 AM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures overnight with lows in the lower 30s expected over southeast Illinois. * WHERE...Effingham, Jasper, Crawford, Clay, Richland and Lawrence Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ Erwin
803 WWUS73 KILX 031247 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 747 AM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021 ILZ066>068-071>073-031400- /O.EXP.KILX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210403T1300Z/ Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 747 AM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... Temperatures are rising above freezing this morning, therefore the freeze warning will be allowed to expire at 8 AM. Freezing temperatures are not expected for at least the next several days. $$ 37
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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.