Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 7:04AM CDT until August 11 at 7:45AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA ILAt 704 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Littleton to Independence Airport to near
Wapsipinicon Golf Course to near Brandon, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Independence, Vinton, Jesup, Center Point, Urbana, Fairbank,
Winthrop, Hazleton, Walker, Quasqueton, Lamont, Brandon, Rowley,
Aurora, Mount Auburn, Stanley, Troy Mills, Wapsipinicon Golf Course,
Vinton Memorial Airport, and Fontana County Park.
This includes Interstate 380 between mile markers 33 and 55.
Safety instructions
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
SVRDVN
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Buchanan County in northeastern Iowa...
Northern Benton County in east central Iowa...
Northwestern Linn County in east central Iowa...
* Until 745 AM CDT.
* At 653 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fairbank to near Tf Clark State Park, moving
east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Independence, Vinton, Jesup, Center Point, Urbana, Fairbank,
Winthrop, Hazleton, Walker, Quasqueton, Lamont, Brandon, Rowley,
Aurora, Mount Auburn, Stanley, Troy Mills, Wapsipinicon Golf
Course, Vinton Memorial Airport, and Fontana County Park.
This includes Interstate 380 between mile markers 33 and 55.
Safety instructions
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
563 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
BUREAU PUTNAM
IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
CARROLL HENRY IL JO DAVIESS
MERCER ROCK ISLAND STEPHENSON
WHITESIDE
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
HENDERSON WARREN
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
CEDAR CLINTON JACKSON
JOHNSON JONES LINN
MUSCATINE SCOTT
IN NORTHEAST IOWA
DELAWARE DUBUQUE
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
DES MOINES LOUISA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEDO, ANAMOSA, BETTENDORF,
BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS, CLINTON, CREDIT ISLAND, DAVENPORT,
DUBUQUE, FREEPORT, GALENA, GENESEO, HENNEPIN, IOWA CITY,
MANCHESTER, MAQUOKETA, MOLINE, MONMOUTH, MOUNT CARROLL,
MUSCATINE, OQUAWKA, PRINCETON, ROCK ISLAND, STERLING, TIPTON,
AND WAPELLO.
Special Weather Statement issued August 11 at 5:03AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA ILAreas of fog, some locally dense with visibilities under one half
mile, can be expected through the morning commute.
Motorists should exercise caution this morning, especially during
the morning commute, as visibilities may change suddenly over very
short distances.
This fog is expected to decrease through 8 and 9 AM as showers and
thunderstorms increase and move into the area.
88°11% rain
92°16% rain
82°7% rain
