⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Buchanan; Delaware; Dubuque; Benton; Linn; Jones; Jackson; Clinton; Jo Daviess; Stephenson; Carroll – Thursday, July 9, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 9 at 7:57PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

Conditions remain favorable for the development of funnel clouds
through 9 PM this evening. There have been additional reports of
funnel clouds with the storms over northeastern Iowa into
northwestern Illinois, but nothing reported to have reached the
ground. These funnel clouds are typically brief, drop only a few
hundred feet from the cloud base, and rarely become a tornado or
cause damage.

If you see a funnel cloud, report it to the National Weather
Service. If a Tornado Warning is issued, seek appropriate
shelter.

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