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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 17, 202317 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this freeze warning at Apr 17, 2023, 3:13 PM CDT for 17 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 17, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 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 17, 2023, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2023, 8:02 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Apr 17, 2:59 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 2:59 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 5:41 AM CDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 2:00 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	30 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.