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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2026, 6:09 AM CDT for Benton County, Iowa County, Iowa. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2026, 6:09 AM CDT (11:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2026, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Benton County, IA, Iowa County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 349 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 2:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 321 AM CDT Wed Jun 17 2026 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-180830- Buchanan-Delaware-Dubuque-Benton-Linn-Jones-Jackson-Iowa-Johnson- Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Keokuk-Washington-Louisa-Jefferson- Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee-Jo Daviess-Stephenson-Carroll- Whiteside-Rock Island-Henry IL-Bureau-Putnam-Mercer-Henderson- Warren-Hancock-McDonough-Scotland-Clark- 321 AM CDT Wed Jun 17 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northwest Illinois...west central Illinois...east central Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT The Wapsipinicon River is experiencing flooding. Please see the latest Flood Statements and Flood Warnings for details. A strong system will bring the potential for severe thunderstorms today. A Moderate, level 4 of 5, risk is forecast for central Illinois, with an Enhanced, level 3 of 5, risk of severe thunderstorms south of Highway 30 and the remainder of the area under a Slight, level 2 of 5, risk. The first round of thunderstorms will continue through late morning today, with a primary risk of large hail. After 12 PM, a second round of thunderstorms is expected along and ahead of the cold front, with all severe weather hazards possible, including tornadoes. Localized flash flooding will be possible during both rounds, especially in areas that see multiple rounds of storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY The next chance for thunderstorms will be Sunday and Sunday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is expected this morning and this afternoon. Ellingworth/Ervin
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Washington | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa and 2 more | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa, Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 7:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Linn | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, Scott | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 70 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 8:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Whiteside | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 8:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 9:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | McDonough, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough | 19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.