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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 17, 20264 counties in Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2026, 1:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 64 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 17, 2026, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2026, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clinton County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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 17, 12:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 Apr 17, 1:11 PM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 1:11 PM CDT, 45 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
Apr 17, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	10 days
Apr 17, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Muscatine	21 days
Apr 17, 12:46 PM CDT	Flood Watch	DVN	Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque and 10 more	12 hr
Apr 17, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn	58 min
Apr 17, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn	61 min
Apr 17, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones	65 min
Apr 17, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	45 min
Apr 17, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	49 min
Apr 17, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jackson	46 min
Apr 17, 2:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	6 hr
Apr 17, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jackson	42 min
Apr 17, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn	66 min
Apr 17, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	35 min
Apr 17, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Iowa, Johnson, Linn	76 min
Apr 17, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton, Linn	43 min
Apr 17, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque	60 min
Apr 17, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington	77 min
Apr 17, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn	42 min
Apr 17, 4:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jones, Linn	38 min
Apr 17, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren	54 min
Apr 17, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jefferson, Van Buren	48 min
Apr 17, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington	54 min
Apr 17, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson, Jones	57 min
Apr 17, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque	52 min
Apr 17, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson	66 min
Apr 17, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson, Jones	62 min
Apr 17, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington	52 min
Apr 17, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington	63 min
Apr 17, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	41 min
Apr 17, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Dubuque, Jones, Linn	31 min
Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren and 1 more	63 min
Apr 17, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Jackson	75 min
Apr 17, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Scott	62 min
Apr 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Louisa	24 min
Apr 17, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Lee	43 min
Apr 17, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Clinton, Muscatine, Scott	54 min
Apr 17, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Lee	50 min
Apr 17, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Clinton, Muscatine, Scott	42 min
Apr 17, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Lee	59 min
Apr 17, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Clinton	68 min
Apr 17, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Stephenson	6 days
Apr 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson	48 min
Apr 17, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Stephenson	39 min
Apr 17, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	8 min
Apr 17, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren	60 min
Apr 17, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Bureau, Henry	76 min
Apr 17, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Hancock	65 min
Apr 17, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Stephenson	29 min
Apr 17, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Mercer, Rock Island	62 min
Apr 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	63 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.