Active AlertsDurango, IA

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.* WHERE...Portions of northwest Illinois and east central,northeast, and southeast Iowa.* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Saturday.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.