Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 8:57AM CDT until August 11 at 9:15AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 11, 2026 - 6:57am
Expires:
August 11, 2026 - 7:15am
Description:
At 857 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Jo Daviess County Fairgrounds to near Pearl City
to near Shannon, 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...
Freeport, Mount Carroll, Lena, Stockton, Lanark, Pearl City, Shannon,
Nora, Buena Vista, Loran, Kent, Waddams Grove, Eleroy, Damascus, Lake
Le-Aqua-
na State Park, Mc Connell, Willow, Apple River Canyon State Park, and
Bolton.
This also includes Apple River Canyon State Park and Lake Le-Aqua-
Na State Recreation Area.
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:
Carroll, IL; Jo Daviess, IL; Stephenson, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov