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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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