Active AlertsMontpelier, IA

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

* WHAT...Temperatures in the lower 30s.* WHERE...In Illinois, Bureau, Putnam, Henry IL, Mercer, RockIsland, and Whiteside Counties. In Iowa, Muscatine, Scott, HenryIA, and Louisa Counties.* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Saturday.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.