Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 10 at 6:45PM CDT until June 10 at 7:15PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 10, 2026 - 4:45pm
Expires:
June 10, 2026 - 5:15pm
Description:
At 645 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Garden Plain to Erie to Morristown, moving east at 50
mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Clinton, Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison, Geneseo, Colona, Coal
Valley, Fulton, Prophetstown, Orion, Erie, Garden Plain, Atkinson,
Albany, Annawan, Tampico, Lyndon, Hooppole, Cleveland, and Coleta.
This also includes Big Bend Fish and Wildlife Area, Morrison-Rockwood
State Park, and Prophetstown State Park.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Illinois between mile markers 6 and 40.
Interstate 74 in Illinois between mile markers 9 and 20.
Interstate 88 between mile markers 13 and 44.
Instruction:
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
Illinois...and east central Iowa.
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.
Area Description:
Bureau, IL; Henry, IL; Whiteside, IL; Clinton, IA
Forcast Office:
NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov