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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2026, 12:41 PM CDT for Bureau County, Putnam County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 3, 2026, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2026, 1:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bureau County, IL, Putnam County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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 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 Jul 3, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Linn | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson, Scott | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 11:31 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 22 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 4 days |
| Jul 3, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 23 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn | 77 min |
| Jul 3, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Mercer | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 72 min |
| Jul 3, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Stephenson | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 42 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.