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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 6, 202613 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this frost advisory at May 6, 2026, 1:17 PM CDT for 13 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Illinois. It took effect at May 7, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2026, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 7, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 21 counties

Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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.