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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2026, 7:08 PM CDT for Mercer County, Rock Island County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 14, 2026, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2026, 7:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jackson | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 8:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Delaware | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:50 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 9:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 6 days |
| Apr 15, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 48 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:21 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 21 days |
| Apr 15, 11:21 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 21 days |
| Apr 15, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Benton | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Jones, Linn | 20 min |
| Apr 14, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 81 min |
| Apr 14, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:26 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 6 days |
| Apr 15, 11:21 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Hancock | 21 days |
| Apr 15, 12:31 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 21 days |
| Apr 15, 12:31 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Whiteside | 5 days |
| Apr 15, 12:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 40 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.