July 4, 2026

Midwest Storm Chasers

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Rock Island, IL; Cedar, IA; Muscatine, IA; Scott, IA – Friday, July 3, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Rock Island, IL; Cedar, IA; Muscatine, IA; Scott, IA
Effective 7/3/2026, 7:32:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/3/2026, 8:30:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 7:32PM CDT until July 3 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

SVRDVN

The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
East central Rock Island County in northwestern Illinois…
Southeastern Cedar County in east central Iowa…
Scott County in east central Iowa…
Northeastern Muscatine County in east central Iowa…

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 732 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Durant,
moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Davenport, Moline, Rock Island, Bettendorf, East Moline, Durant,
Silvis, Eldridge, Le Claire, Wilton, Hampton, Walcott, Blue Grass,
Buffalo, Long Grove, Riverdale, Donahue, Carbon Cliff, Stockton,
and Maysville.

Those attending !**EVENT/VENUE NAME OR LOCATION*! are in the path of
this storm and should prepare for IMMINENT DANGEROUS WEATHER
CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER NOW!

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 74 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 5.
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 272 and 306.
Interstate 74 in Illinois between mile markers 1 and 3.
Interstate 280 between mile markers 1 and 10.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
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 this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.