Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 8:43AM CDT until August 11 at 9:45AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 11, 2026 - 6:43am
Expires:
August 11, 2026 - 7:45am
Description:
SVRDVN
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Jo Daviess County in northwestern Illinois...
Stephenson County in northwestern Illinois...
* Until 945 AM CDT.
* At 843 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Apple River to Kent to near Mount Carroll,
moving east at 50 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...
Freeport, Warren, Cedarville, Davis, Dakota, German Valley, Apple
River, Winslow, Rock City, Ridott, Nora, Buena Vista, Rock Grove,
Oneco, Orangeville, Damascus, Mc Connell, Scioto Mills, Winneshiek,
and Stephenson County Fairgrounds.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Jo Daviess, IL; Stephenson, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov