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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 1, 202619 counties in Iowa; 9 counties in Illinois; Scotland County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this frost advisory at May 1, 2026, 2:16 AM CDT for 19 counties in Iowa; 9 counties in Illinois; Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at May 2, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2026, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 2, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 29 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, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.