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The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northeastern Rock Island County in northwestern Illinoi
S: Whiteside County in northwestern Illinoi
S: Northeastern Scott County in east central Iowa Southeastern Clinton County in east central Iowa Until 715 PM CDT. At 622 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Elvira to Princeton to Moline, moving east at 50 mph. THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR CLINTON, PRINCETON, STERLING.
Hazard: 80 mph wind gusts.
Source: Trained weather spotters.
Impact: Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. Locations impacted include Bettendorf, Clinton, Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison, Camanche, Le Claire, Fulton, Prophetstown, Hampton, Port Byron, Erie, Garden Plain, Rapids City, Albany, Princeton, Tampico, Cordova, Lyndon, and Riverdale. This includes the following highway
S: Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 300 and 306. Interstate 80 in Illinois near mile marker 1. Interstate 88 between mile markers 8 and 44. This also includes Big Bend Fish and Wildlife Area, Morrison-Rockwood State Park, and Prophetstown State Park.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern Illinois...and east central Iowa.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 305 UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 301. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS HENRY IL MERCER ROCK ISLAND WHITESIDE IN IOWA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA CEDAR CLINTON JACKSON JONES LINN MUSCATINE SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEDO, ANAMOSA, BETTENDORF, CEDAR RAPIDS, CLINTON, CREDIT ISLAND, DAVENPORT, GENESEO, MAQUOKETA, MOLINE, MUSCATINE, ROCK ISLAND, STERLING, AND TIPTON.

At 708 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Carroll County Fairgrounds to Rock Falls to near Yorktown, moving east at 50 mph.
Hazard: 70 mph wind gusts.
Source: Trained weather spotters.
Impact: Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include Sterling, Rock Falls, Tampico, Coleta, Emerson, Yeoward Addition, Whiteside County Airport, Galt, Penrose, Como, Grimes Addition, Douglas Park, and Agnew. This includes Interstate 88 between mile markers 33 and 44.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern Illinois. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.