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Tornado Warning
Issued: 11:48 PM Jun. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE...NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND NORTHWESTERN BUREAU
COUNTIES...

At 648 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hooppole, or 16 miles northeast of Cambridge, 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...
Hooppole, Yorktown, New Bedford, Thomas, and Leon Corners around
655 PM CDT.
Manlius and Normandy around 700 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Deer Grove.

This includes Interstate 80 in Illinois between mile markers 30 and
32.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:45 PM Jun. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR WHITESIDE...NORTHERN HENRY...NORTHWESTERN BUREAU AND EAST CENTRAL
CLINTON COUNTIES...

At 645 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Garden Plain to Erie to Morristown, 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...
Clinton, Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison, Geneseo, Colona, Coal
Valley, Fulton, Prophetstown, Orion, Erie, Garden Plain, Atkinson,
Albany, Annawan, Tampico, Lyndon, Hooppole, Cleveland, and Coleta.

This also includes Big Bend Fish and Wildlife Area, Morrison-Rockwood
State Park, and Prophetstown State Park.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Illinois between mile markers 6 and 40.
Interstate 74 in Illinois between mile markers 9 and 20.
Interstate 88 between mile markers 13 and 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
Illinois...and east central Iowa.

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.

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TORNADO...POSSIBLE;
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED;
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

Tornado Watch
Issued: 9:01 PM Jun. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
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.

Flood Watch
Issued: 8:12 PM Jun. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Illinois, including the following areas,
Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry IL, McDonough, Mercer, Putnam,
Rock Island, Warren and Whiteside, Iowa, including the following
areas, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry IA, Iowa, Jefferson,
Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren and
Washington, and northeast Missouri, including the following areas,
Clark and Scotland.

* WHEN...Through Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Several rounds of heavy rain producing thunderstorms are
expected through Thursday morning across the watch area. The
storms may be slow moving or redeveloping over the same areas
resulting in torrential rainfall and possibly several inches
of rain by Thursday morning.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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