Alert archive / Illinois / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this freeze warning at Nov 2, 2021, 2:11 PM CDT for 14 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Nov 3, 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 2, 2021, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
282 WWUS73 KILX 021911 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 211 PM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021 ILZ052-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-030300- /O.NEW.KILX.FZ.W.0008.211103T0500Z-211103T1400Z/ Christian-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Taylorville, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, Marshall, Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 211 PM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Illinois, generally from Taylorville to Paris southward past I-70. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While areas further north will see similar temperatures, a widespread freeze has already occurred there, ending the growing season. 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. && $$ Geelhart
3 follow-up statements
082 WWUS73 KILX 030024 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 724 PM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021 ILZ052-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-030900- /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0008.211103T0500Z-211103T1400Z/ Christian-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Taylorville, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, Marshall, Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 724 PM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Illinois, generally from Taylorville to Paris southward past I-70. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While areas further north will see similar temperatures, a widespread freeze has already occurred there, ending the growing season. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
213 WWUS73 KILX 030759 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 259 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 ILZ052-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-031400- /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-211103T1400Z/ Christian-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Taylorville, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, Marshall, Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 259 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central and southeast 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. && $$ NMB
957 WWUS73 KILX 031403 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 903 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 ILZ052-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-031515- /O.EXP.KILX.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-211103T1400Z/ Christian-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Taylorville, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, Marshall, Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 903 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Temperatures will continue to rise above freezing this morning. With all of east central and southeast Illinois having experienced a hard freeze this morning, no additional freeze warnings will be issued for the remainder of this season. $$ Geelhart
Nearby
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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.