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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 11, 20265 counties in Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this high wind watch at Mar 11, 2026, 12:53 PM CDT for 5 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2026, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2026, 2:34 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Linn County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Mar 11, 5:23 AM CDT, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 5:23 AM CDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 4:30 AM CDT, 8 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 11, 9:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 10:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 10:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 11:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 11:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 12:50 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	42 min
Mar 10, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Louisa	52 min
Mar 10, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn	39 min
Mar 10, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Scott	33 min
Mar 10, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Louisa	56 min
Mar 10, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Van Buren	65 min
Mar 10, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jones	32 min
Mar 10, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Van Buren	43 min
Mar 10, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	27 min
Mar 10, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	64 min
Mar 10, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	46 min
Mar 10, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	30 min
Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Henry	40 min
Mar 10, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	38 min
Mar 10, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	43 min
Mar 10, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Stephenson	28 min
Mar 10, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	42 min
Mar 10, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess, Stephenson	50 min
Mar 10, 8:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Bureau	3 hr
Mar 10, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	59 min
Mar 10, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Putnam	13 min
Mar 10, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Whiteside	34 min
Mar 10, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer	43 min
Mar 10, 9:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Henry	90 min
Mar 10, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	20 min
Mar 10, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	39 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.