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Tornado Watch 109

April 14, 202617 counties in Illinois; 44 counties in Iowa; 32 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 14, 2026, 2:33 PM CDT for 17 counties in Illinois; 44 counties in Iowa; 32 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2026, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2026, 11:11 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 4 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 93 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Henry County, IA, Howard County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Scott County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Boone County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Kane County, IL, Lake County, IL, Lee County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Adams County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes: 80%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 60%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 40%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 80%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

120 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hardin	39 min
Apr 14, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Butler, Grundy, Hardin	46 min
Apr 14, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Grundy, Hardin	24 min
Apr 14, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Black Hawk, Butler, Grundy	37 min
Apr 14, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler	41 min
Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette	45 min
Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Black Hawk, Grundy	45 min
Apr 14, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd	56 min
Apr 14, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Iowa	52 min
Apr 14, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	43 min
Apr 14, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Bremer, Butler	23 min
Apr 14, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Buchanan	73 min
Apr 14, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MKX	Columbia, Dane	65 min
Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Black Hawk	16 min
Apr 14, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Chickasaw, Howard	44 min
Apr 14, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	40 min
Apr 14, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge	53 min
Apr 14, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Buchanan	42 min
Apr 14, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ARX	Monroe, Vernon	52 min
Apr 14, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin	47 min
Apr 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Wapello	29 min
Apr 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan	29 min
Apr 14, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton	39 min
Apr 14, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jefferson, Keokuk	50 min
Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant, Richland	48 min
Apr 14, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Delaware	58 min
Apr 14, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane	43 min
Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ARX	Howard, Winneshiek	41 min
Apr 14, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson, Linn	24 min
Apr 14, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Sauk	53 min
Apr 14, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson	38 min
Apr 14, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Juneau	50 min
Apr 14, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa	63 min
Apr 14, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant	31 min
Apr 14, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Grant	26 min
Apr 14, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	28 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, Monroe	42 min
Apr 14, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington	41 min
Apr 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MKX	Dane	40 min
Apr 14, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Juneau, Vernon	23 min
Apr 14, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Washington	67 min
Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Linn	16 min
Apr 14, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington	36 min
Apr 14, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jones, Linn	59 min
Apr 14, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Iowa	40 min
Apr 14, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Buchanan	37 min
Apr 14, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson, Washington, Waukesha	82 min
Apr 14, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Vernon	23 min
Apr 14, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green Lake, Marquette	51 min
Apr 14, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Dubuque	65 min
Apr 14, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant	35 min
Apr 14, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Iowa	49 min
Apr 14, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams, Juneau	46 min
Apr 14, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Washington, Waukesha	46 min
Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Linn	13 min
Apr 14, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Marquette, Sauk	43 min
Apr 14, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jones, Linn	42 min
Apr 14, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant	40 min
Apr 14, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Marquette, Sauk	40 min
Apr 14, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Linn	39 min
Apr 14, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware	22 min
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Adams	20 min
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara, Winnebago	50 min
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Green Lake	35 min
Apr 14, 6:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	4 hr
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green Lake, Marquette	41 min
Apr 14, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Dubuque	40 min
Apr 14, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Jones	25 min
Apr 14, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Dane	63 min
Apr 14, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jackson	46 min
Apr 14, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	60 min
Apr 14, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green Lake, Marquette	34 min
Apr 14, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Louisa, Muscatine, Washington	51 min
Apr 14, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Iowa	43 min
Apr 14, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	26 min
Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Louisa, Washington	42 min
Apr 14, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Jo Daviess	53 min
Apr 14, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa	51 min
Apr 14, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Milwaukee, Ozaukee	50 min
Apr 14, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	48 min
Apr 14, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jones	33 min
Apr 14, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams, Juneau	25 min
Apr 14, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Grant	25 min
Apr 14, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	55 min
Apr 14, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Lafayette	53 min
Apr 14, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green	46 min
Apr 14, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Green Lake	30 min
Apr 14, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess	40 min
Apr 14, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	25 min
Apr 14, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer, Rock Island	38 min
Apr 14, 7:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dodge, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha	3 hr
Apr 14, 7:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	3 hr
Apr 14, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson, Jones	43 min
Apr 14, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	24 min
Apr 14, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane	22 min
Apr 14, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Jo Daviess, Stephenson	81 min
Apr 14, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson	62 min
Apr 14, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Rock	51 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, 7:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	3 hr
Apr 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Ogle, Winnebago	61 min
Apr 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Walworth	61 min
Apr 14, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Boone, McHenry	78 min
Apr 14, 8:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Delaware	2 hr
Apr 14, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Waukesha	21 min
Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Winnebago	25 min
Apr 14, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Walworth	23 min
Apr 14, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	49 min
Apr 14, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Racine	33 min
Apr 14, 8:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, Winnebago	3 hr
Apr 14, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Lake	57 min
Apr 14, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Winnebago	48 min
Apr 14, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Kenosha	17 min
Apr 14, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	DeKalb, Kane	44 min
Apr 14, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry	62 min
Apr 14, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb	18 min
Apr 14, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kane	37 min
Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Cook, DuPage	48 min
Apr 14, 10:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	3 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 12:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and 1 more	2 hr
Apr 14, 1:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles and 31 more	2 hr
Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jo Daviess	93 min
Apr 14, 6:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago	114 min
Apr 13, 8:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Hancock, Howard, Kossuth and 4 more	89 min
Apr 13, 9:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	60 min
Apr 13, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	5 hr
Apr 13, 7:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Clark, Green Lake, Jackson, Juneau, Marquette and 4 more	93 min
Apr 13, 11:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Iowa, Jefferson and 5 more	92 min
Apr 14, 1:50 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine	85 min
Apr 14, 6:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson, Waukesha	53 min

Nearby

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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.