Tornado Warning 44, NWS Quad Cities, IA

683 
WWUS53 KDVN 172301 RRA
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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
601 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

IAC031-172311-
/O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-260417T2345Z/
Cedar IA-
601 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CEDAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northwestern
Illinois...and east central Iowa.

&&

LAT...LON 4202 9051 4174 9031 4171 9032 4160 9076
      4162 9090 4182 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 270DEG 43KT 4168 9086 

$$

IAC045-163-172345-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-260417T2345Z/
Scott IA-Clinton IA-
601 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SCOTT AND WESTERN CLINTON COUNTIES...

At 601 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over New Liberty, or near Durant, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
  Walcott, Donahue, Dixon, Maysville, Plainview, Big Rock, Camp 
  Liberty, Sherman Park, Eldridge, Long Grove, Park View, Scott 
  County Park, McCausland, Rock Creek  Park, Folletts, Rock Creek 
  Marina and Campground and Low Moor.

This includes Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 279 and 286.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.

This storm has a history of producing tornadoes.  Seek shelter now!

&&

LAT...LON 4202 9051 4174 9031 4171 9032 4160 9076
      4162 9090 4182 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 270DEG 43KT 4168 9086 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Gunkel

161 
WWUS53 KDVN 172318
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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
618 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

IAC045-163-172345-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-260417T2345Z/
Scott IA-Clinton IA-
618 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTIES...

At 617 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Long Grove, or 13 miles north of Davenport, moving
east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  DeWitt, McCausland, Low Moor, Scott County Park, Park View, 
  Malone, Clinton County Fairgrounds, Rock Creek  Park, Folletts, 
  and Rock Creek Marina and Campground around 625 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Rock
Creek Marina and Campground, Malone, Folletts, Rock Creek  Park, Park
View, Clinton County Fairgrounds, and Scott County Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 4202 9051 4174 9031 4171 9032 4162 9069
      4187 9081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 270DEG 43KT 4175 9062 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Gunkel

695 
WWUS53 KDVN 172331
SVSDVN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
631 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

IAC045-163-172345-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-260417T2345Z/
Scott IA-Clinton IA-
631 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTIES...

At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Malone, or 9 miles west of Clinton, moving northeast
at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Low Moor, Rock Creek  Park, and Rock Creek Marina and Campground 
  around 635 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Malone, Rock Creek Marina and Campground, Clinton County Fairgrounds,
Folletts, and Rock Creek  Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 4202 9051 4174 9031 4171 9032 4167 9048
      4196 9063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 243DEG 43KT 4182 9042 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Gunkel

760 
WWUS53 KDVN 172338
SVSDVN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
638 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

IAC045-163-172348-
/O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-260417T2345Z/
Scott IA-Clinton IA-
638 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND CENTRAL CLINTON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However, gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northwestern
Illinois...and east central Iowa.

&&

LAT...LON 4202 9051 4174 9031 4171 9032 4167 9048
      4196 9063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 243DEG 43KT 4186 9032 

$$

Gunkel

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
111 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- A strong storm system will bring the threat for severe storms
  once again to our area through this evening. SPC continues to
  highlight nearly our entire area in an Enhanced Risk (level 3
  of 5) for severe weather.

- A flood watch has been issued for much of the area through
  tonight for the potential of excessive rainfall with the final
  round of storms this afternoon/tonight. Soils across the area
  are saturated north of I-80 and very moist south of I-80.

- Much cooler conditions are expected this weekend. Unseasonably cool
  temperatures in the 30s Saturday night and Sunday night will
  bring the potential for frost/freeze, especially in our north.

- Area rivers are on the rise from the recent rounds of heavy
  rain, and heavy rainfall later today may push them even
  higher. Refer to the hydro section below for more details.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Issued at 1252 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

Convective initiation has occurred across eastern Iowa. The
individual discrete cells will rapidly grow upscale into one or
more broken lines ahead of the cold front.

The atmosphere is becoming increasingly moist so the storms will
have plenty of fuel to produce heavy rainfall. The axis for the
heavier rain is somewhat narrow but rainfall amounts of an inch
in an hour will be possible with the stronger storms. Where
storms linger or repeat over the same areas, rainfall amounts
of 2 to 3 inches in a short time will be possible.

The pre-frontal line(s) of storms look to push east of the
Mississippi in the 6-8 PM time frame with the cold front
arriving during the mid to late evening hours. Very short range
models which had been pointing to a solid line of storms with
the front are now trending toward a scattered to broken line
with not much thunder associated with it. This 'may' be an
indication the convective allowing models are struggling with
the overall forcing from the upper level system.

The bulk of the rain looks to end across the area by midnight
but scattered rain showers along and immediately behind the
front will linger past midnight. However, the overall trend will
be decreasing areal coverage from west to east after midnight.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Issued at 306 AM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

Much colder air will continue to move into the area for the weekend
as a northwest flow pattern develops aloft. An area of high pressure
will build into the area Saturday night, which could set up our
first bout of frost/freeze conditions during the growing season.
There does appear to be a mid-level trough sweeping through the area
Saturday night, which could result in some cloud cover that could
keep our temperatures from falling too much, limiting our
frost/freeze potential. Despite this, the NBM probabilities of
freezing temperatures Saturday night are still around 50-80% along
and north of Interstate 80. Another night of frost/freeze conditions
are possible Sunday night as well, with similar exceedance
probabilities for freezing temperatures.

A quieter weather pattern will persist into early next week as a
broad upper ridge remains in place through the central US. A larger
trough begins to take shape across the western US into the latter
portion of the week. Therefore, some warming and a move toward some
smaller precipitation chances (20-40%) start to return to the area
by Thursday with a larger storm system potentially nearing the
region for Friday.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 1225 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

Convective initiation has begun over eastern Iowa with surface
winds gusting to 30 knots. Very short range models indicate
rapid upscale growth of TSRA through 00z/18. Discrete TSRA cells
will grow upscale into a line that congeals along the
Mississippi River by 00z/18. Based on forecast soundings,
probability is high for wind gusts over 50 knots with the
discrete cells and as the line forms. By 06z/18 the cold front
will have swept through the area with widespread MVFR conditions
and winds gusting up to 25 knots.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 1136 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026

Discussion...

Over the past five days, multiple rounds of heavy rain have
impacted eastern Iowa, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Rainfall amounts have run from 2 to 5 inches of rain; much of
this rain has been north of Highway 30.

Another round of heavy rain is forecast this afternoon and
evening with amounts running from a half inch to around 1.5
inches. With area soils running from moist to near saturation,
this additional rainfall will quickly run off into area
waterways resulting in new or increased river flooding along
with the potential for flash flooding.

Much of this rain is forecast to fall across southeast Iowa,
west central Illinois and into northern Illinois. River basins
impacted would be the Rock, lower Iowa, Skunk, Des Moines and La
Moine.

Rock River...

Based on overall river forecasts and another round of heavy rain
expected today, confidence is high (>80%) that the entire
length of the Rock River will reach flood stage by the weekend
and remain above flood stage into much of next week.

Mississippi River...

Routed flow coming down from the upper Mississippi, Wisconsin,
Rock, Iowa and other tributary rivers will cause general rises
along the length of the Mississippi. Based on the current routed
flow and another round of heavy rain, confidence is high (>80%)
that the Mississippi will reach flood stage from Muscatine down
through Keithsburg and at Gregory Landing. Gladstone and
Burlington are already above flood stage and will see additional
rises as the additional routed flow arrives over the weekend
and into next week.

Iowa Tributary Rivers...

Rivers in eastern Iowa are running high from the rounds of heavy
rain. Flood warnings continue for the lower Wapsipinicon River
near DeWitt and the Iowa River above Coralville near Marengo.
Based on routed flow, the lower Cedar River near Conesville will
go above flood stage over the weekend.

The North Skunk River near Sigourney is forecast to go above
flood stage tonight with general rises expected farther
downstream and on the Skunk River.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...Flood Watch through late tonight for IAZ040>042-052>054-
     064>068-077-078-088-089-099.
IL...Flood Watch through late tonight for ILZ001-002-007-009-
     015>018-024>026-034-035.
MO...Flood Watch through late tonight for MOZ010.

&&

SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...Schultz
AVIATION...08
HYDROLOGY...08

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
323 AM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-180900-
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-
323 AM CDT Fri Apr 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

An Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) for severe weather remains in
place across the area for this afternoon and evening. Damaging
winds and tornadoes, some possibly strong, are the primary
threats. Localized flash flooding is also possible.

Southerly winds will gust to around 40 mph this afternoon prior to
the severe thunderstorm development.

Area rivers are experiencing flooding. Please see the latest Flood
Statements and Flood Warnings for details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

Much colder air will bring the potential for frost and freeze
conditions to parts of the area Saturday night and Sunday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely for this afternoon and evening.

JTS

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
453 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0353 PM     Hail             Toddville               42.10N 91.72W
04/17/2026  M1.00 Inch       Linn               IA   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Delayed report. Relayed via county EM.

&&

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
456 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0452 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 WNW Cascade           42.31N 91.07W
04/17/2026  E67 MPH          Dubuque            IA   Emergency Mngr

            Report relayed by Emergency Manager. Time
            estimated by radar.

&&

CMD

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
504 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     Hail             Dakota                  42.39N 89.53W
04/17/2026  M2.75 Inch       Stephenson         IL   Public

            report from LOT on Dakota storm.. they
            received a photo of baseball size hail..

&&

MJL

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
523 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0217 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 S Ironhills           42.11N 90.76W
04/17/2026                   Jackson            IA   Trained Spotter

            Powerline snapped and sheet metal roof
            ripped off. Tornado possible.

&&

CMD

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
527 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0452 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Rubio                   41.22N 91.93W
04/17/2026                   Washington         IA   Trained Spotter

            Tree limbs several inches in diameter down.

&&

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
538 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0501 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 NNW Washington        41.34N 91.72W
04/17/2026                   Washington         IA   Trained Spotter

            Semi truck blown over at the intersection of
            State Hwy 1 and 92. Tornado possible. Time
            estimated by radar.

&&

CMD