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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this freeze warning at Apr 21, 2023, 1:51 PM CDT for 16 counties in Iowa; Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois; Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 22, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 21, 2023, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 Apr 20, 6:15 PM CDT, 19 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 6:15 PM CDT, 19 hours 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 3:01 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 27 min |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Iowa, 2023Freeze Warnings in Illinois, 2023Freeze Warnings in Missouri, 2023Every freeze warning in 2023
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.