⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Des Moines, IA; Henry, IA; Jefferson, IA; Keokuk, IA; Louisa, IA; Washington, IA – Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 17 at 7:17AM CDT until June 17 at 8:15AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

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The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Henry County in southeastern Iowa…
Des Moines County in southeastern Iowa…
Louisa County in southeastern Iowa…
Southeastern Keokuk County in southeastern Iowa…
Southern Washington County in southeastern Iowa…
Jefferson County in southeastern Iowa…

* Until 815 AM CDT.

* At 716 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Richmond to near Rubio to near Hedrick, moving
southeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Trained weather spotters. This line of storms has a
history of producing winds up to 70 mph.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Washington, Wapello, Columbus Junction,
New London, Mediapolis, Winfield, Wayland, Danville, Morning Sun,
Brighton, Richland, Ainsworth, Columbus City, Lockridge,
Crawfordsville, Maharishi Vedic City, Olds, and Packwood.

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 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.

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