⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Buchanan, IA; Delaware, IA; Dubuque, IA; Jo Daviess, IL; Stephenson, IL – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 18 at 2:48PM CDT until August 18 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
595 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

JO DAVIESS STEPHENSON

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST IOWA

BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DUBUQUE, FREEPORT, GALENA,
INDEPENDENCE, AND MANCHESTER.

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