Active AlertsNora, IL

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s.* WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest Illinois and eastcentral, northeast, and southeast Iowa.* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT this morning.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.