Several rounds of thunderstorms moved through the region Wednesday and Thursday that brought heavy rain, damaging wind, and several brief tornadoes to eastern IA, northwest IL, and northeast MO. The more widespread wind damage occurred Wednesday afternoon June 10th from a derecho that developed in eastern Iowa and moved east.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
Several rounds of thunderstorms moved through the region Wednesday and Thursday that brought heavy rain, damaging wind, and several brief tornadoes to eastern IA, northwest IL, and northeast MO. The more widespread wind damage occurred Wednesday afternoon June 10th from a derecho that developed in eastern Iowa and moved east. This downed trees, power lines primarily along and north of I-80. The more significant winds between 70-80 mph winds were seen north of the Hwy 20 corridor. A second round of storms later on produced isolated wind damage, including some damage north of Geneseo, IL that was due to straight-line winds.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 10, 5:24 AM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 624 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 ...Updated for 12z Aviation... .KEY MESSAGES... - Today and Thursday will see severe storms that may be widespread. There in an Enhanced, level 3 out of 5, risk for severe storms each day. There continues to be a signal suggesting two rounds of storms each day. The second round each day could extend into the evening hours. - On both days, the initial development of discrete storms will be capable of producing very large hail and tornadoes. Once storms develop into a line, damaging winds, potentially over 70 mph, and spin-up tornadoes will become the main risks. - Storms Today and Thursday will be very efficient in producing heavy rainfall. Heavy rain today may set the stage for potential flash flooding with the storms on Thursday. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... Issued at 219 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 Heat and humidity will be seen across the area today with peak heat indices in the mid to upper 90s. Cloud cover could lower temperatures and afternoon heat indices. Outside of the heat, the next 48 hours will be very interesting. The very short term models continue to signal the potential for two separate rounds of strong to severe storms. There may only be a few hours in between each round of storms. Wednesday/Wednesday night... The first round of storms is now looking to occur in the 10 AM to 4 PM across the area and likely associated with the upper level disturbance coming out of Kansas. Round two looks occur 3 to 10 PM and looks to be a combination of differential heating and another disturbance coming out of Nebraska. Important note: there may only be a couple of hours in between each round. The initial storm development with each round will involve discrete storms. Given the atmospheric profiles, the primary severe risks from the initial storms will be very large hail and tornadoes. Once the initial storms grow upscale into lines, the primary severe risk will shift to very damaging winds and spin-up tornadoes. The second round of storms will be aided by the strengthening LLJ late this afternoon and evening. The CSU severe ML progs for Wednesday show this well; the tornado risk of 5 to 10% is mainly along/west of the Mississippi. Likewise, the hail risk is 15-30% mainly along/west of the Mississippi. The damaging wind risk is 30-45%, but, has a 45-60% probability east of the Mississippi. This agrees with the scenario that the initial supercells will transition in to a QLCS roughly along the Mississippi. That being said, precipitation loaded downdrafts would be capable of producing damaging winds of 60-70 mph. The sub-hour CAMs are suggesting there may be corridors of damaging winds of 70-80+ mph from the strongest storms. Once the second round of storms clear the area, the remainder of the overnight hours look to be mainly quiet. Thursday/Thursday night... Thursday will be a near repeat of Wednesday. The timing of the two rounds of storms may vary by an hour or two. A disturbance moving out of the Plains will initiate the first round roughly from 10 AM to 4 PM. The strong cold front and associated low looks to initiate round two from 3 to 10 PM. The tornado risk looks to be higher for Thursday. The CSU severe ML progs and SPC have the 10% tornado risk for nearly all the area. The surface low associated with the cold front for the second round of storms may be when the tornado risk is the highest. Indeed, some CAMs are generating strong to very strong helicity tracks near the surface low in the discrete storm formation. Thus very large hail and tornadoes would be seen during the initial discrete storm formation for each round on Thursday. Strong tornadoes would be possible with the second round of storms due to the surface low causing more backing of the surface winds and thus increasing the rotation going into storm updrafts. Like Wednesday, the initial supercells will grow upscale into a QLCS with each round on Thursday; the severe risks would then transition to damaging winds and spin-up tornadoes. Damaging winds of 60-70 mph would be see with potential corridors of 70-80+ mph winds from the stronger storms. An additional concern for Thursday will be the potential for flash flooding, especially if storms repeat over the same areas. The ground will be primed from the heavy rain on Wednesday so additional rounds of heavy rain Thursday would result in rapid runoff and potential flash flooding. Depending upon how storms evolve Wednesday, a flash flood watch for Thursday may need to be considered. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Issued at 219 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 Friday...With the cold frontal passage Thursday night, the flow throughout the atmosphere becomes unidirectional out of the westerly as high pressure anchors to our south. Cold air advection is forecasted to push highs back down into the upper 70s with mostly clear skies. Saturday...Pleasant conditions do not last long as another shortwave rotates into the Dakotas Saturday afternoon. A cold front attached to an occluded low pressure system south of Hudson bay will be pushed into Iowa as a secondary low pressure deepens over Kansas. This will brings PoPs back up around 40-60%. A little bit of deju vu from Thursday with warm and moist air advection in the low levels, but the limited time with the southerly flow should only permit a low-to-medium chance (30-50%) for SBCAPE to get above 1000 J/kg. Bulk shear is also expected to be weaker than Thursday at only 35-40 knots. Therefore, there is a marginal chance at severe storms, but nothing like Wednesday and Thursday. Sunday-Monday...As northerly flow returns in the low levels post cold front, highs return back to the 70s on Sunday. There is some model uncertainty on cloud cover as some lingering mid-level moisture could manifest into an altostratus deck. Regardless, Sunday will likely (60-80%) be a dry one. Monday is more iffy though as a trough digs into the Northern Rockies, producing a Front Range low pressure and developing a warm front. PoPs on Monday will be dependent on the frontal place and a potential mid-level F-gen band. Highs have a good chance (80-90%) of once again being below 80 degrees as cool air and cloud cover stick around. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 613 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 Convection is likely to impact terminals at times during the TAF period. The first round is expected roughly 16z-20z that will have the potential for pockets of severe wind (50+ kt) and hail. This was handled with TEMPO groups with IFR to lower MVFR ceilings and/or visibility and gusts sub-severe for now (40 kt) until confidence increases on favored corridor(s) for severe wind. Outside of the storms today, expect VFR conditions and gradient winds that could gust to 30 kt from the SSW. The second round of convection is expected in the late afternoon and evening (22z-04z) ahead of a cold front. This round could have some initial supercells with all hazards before evolving into a line(s) with damaging winds and an embedded tornado threat. Earlier convection likely will have an impact on greatest corridors for this threat and for this reason have maintained PROB30 mention for now. There could be a third round very late in the TAF period with an elevated LLJ atop any residual cool pools, but confidence on location is too low for any mention with these TAFs. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...None. IL...None. MO...None. && SHORT TERM...08 LONG TERM...Delaune AVIATION...McClure
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 342 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-110845- 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- 342 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 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 Severe storms will be seen today into this evening. The Storm Prediction Center has an Enhanced, level 3 out of 5, risk for severe storms today. Two rounds of storms are expected today; the first from 10 AM to 4 PM and the second from 4 to 10 PM. There may only be a few hours between each round of storms at any location. Initial storm development of discrete storms will be seen over the area with each round. Very large hail and tornadoes are the primary risks during this phase. The individual storms will grow upscale into a line. Damaging winds and spin-up tornadoes will be possible with the lines. Information suggests very damaging winds of 70 to 80 plus mph are possible in the strongest storms. Heavy rainfall will be seen with the rounds of storms that may result in localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY On Thursday, two more rounds of storms will be seen across the area; the first in the morning and the second in the afternoon and evening. The Storm Prediction Center has an Enhanced, level 3 out of 5, risk for the area. Very large hail and tornadoes will be the primary risks during the initial storm development. The individual storms will grow upscale into lines that will transition the severe risks to damaging winds and spin-up tornadoes. Information suggests there may be very damaging winds of 70 to 80 plus mph in the strongest storms. The tornado risk on Thursday may be higher due to a strong low moving through the area. Heavy rainfall will again be a risk with the storms on Thursday. With the ground primed from heavy rain on Wednesday, a flash flood risk will exist for Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will be needed today and Thursday.
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:00 UTC.
32 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs over a foot in diameter were snapped. A picture sent via social media. Time estimated by radar.
A trained spotter reported 62 mph winds.
Wind gust was measured by house anemometer and 1 inch tree limbs down. Time estimated by radar.
Tree with 4 to 6 inch diameter trunk was snapped at the base.
Power lines down over road near intersection of 215th St and Nathan Bethel Avenue. Time estimated by radar.
Two inch tree limb down. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
Ten inch tree limbs reported down in the Eden Valley Refuge. Time estimated by radar.
Powerlines leaning due to strong winds.
Tree down near the intersection of County Road 64 and 200th Ave. Time estimated by radar.
Peak wind gust reported at Dubuque Regional Airport.
Emergency manager reports widespread 70-80 mph winds in the area with numerous trees down and power outages. Some traffic lights have power out on Hwy 20.
Several trees were blown down east of Peosta. Reported by off duty NWS Employee. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
Many small to medium sized branches blown down. A larger size branch causing traffic issues on one downtown street. Medium sized tree uprooted in front yard.
Tree down one mile West of Epworth reported by off duty NWS Employee.
Six inch diameter tree limbs snapped. Time estimated by radar.
Couple trees uprooted along with many branches downed and some fence damage, including along Asbury Road near Bunker Hill Golf Course. Time was estimated using radar.
Tree branches over a foot in diameter downed. Estimated wind gust of 65 mph recorded by a car anemometer.
Branch snapped about 6 inch diameter.
Large spruce tree blwon down.
Large tree was snapped off near the base. Trunk diameter over a foot.
Spotter estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph with thunderstorm winds.
Widespread large trees reporrted blown down.
A section of a sheet metal roof was ripped off. Picture sent via social media. Time estimated by radar.
Estimate of 70 MPH at residence.
Several 12 to 15 inch limbs down along with several trees 1 to 2 feet in diameter. Estimating 70 to 80 MPH winds.
Peak wind gust recorded at the Davenport Municipal Airport.
Measured by an anemometer.
Estimated peak wind gust from spotter network.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, June 2026
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1337396, 1337367, 1337364, 1337378, 1337374, 1337400, 1337370, 1337381, 1337387, 1337383, 1337373, 1337379, 1337368, 1337386, 1337401, 1337382, 1337402, 1337372, 1337376, 1337375, 1337394, 1337384, 1337385, 1337369, 1337377, 1337380, 1337392, 1337388, 1337389, 1337390, 1337398, 1337391.