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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 14, 202621 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this high wind watch at Mar 14, 2026, 2:00 AM CDT for 21 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 15, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2026, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 15, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2026, 12:33 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

All 23 counties

Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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 13, 11:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 11:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 8:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 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 14, 12:33 PM CDT	Blizzard Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	48 hr
Mar 14, 12:33 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	41 hr
Mar 14, 12:33 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	45 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Iowa, 2026 High Wind Watches in Missouri, 2026 Every high wind watch in 2026

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.