Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 2 at 6:04PM CDT until April 2 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 2, 2026 - 4:04pm
Expires:
April 2, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description:
SVRDVN
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Whiteside County in northwestern Illinois...
Jo Daviess County in northwestern Illinois...
Carroll County in northwestern Illinois...
Stephenson County in northwestern Illinois...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 604 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Shullsburg to Stockton to near Wacker, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Freeport, Mount Carroll, Lena, Stockton, Lanark, Warren,
Milledgeville, Fairhaven, Pearl City, Elizabeth, Shannon,
Cedarville, Davis, Woodbine, Chadwick, Dakota, German Valley,
Scales Mound, Apple River, and Winslow.
Instruction:
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northwestern
Illinois.
Area Description:
Carroll, IL; Jo Daviess, IL; Stephenson, IL; Whiteside, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov