⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Benton, IA; Buchanan, IA; Cedar, IA; Clinton, IA; Delaware, IA; Des Moines, IA; Dubuque, IA; Henry, IA; Iowa, IA; Jackson, IA; Jefferson, IA; Johnson, IA; Jones, IA; Keokuk, IA; Lee, IA; Linn, IA; Louisa, IA; Muscatine, IA; Scott, IA; Van Buren, IA; Washington, IA; Carroll, IL; Henderson, IL; Henry, IL; Jo Daviess, IL; Mercer, IL; Rock Island, IL; Warren, IL; Whiteside, IL – Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 17 at 4:07AM CDT until June 17 at 11:00AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
339 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

CARROLL HENRY IL JO DAVIESS
MERCER ROCK ISLAND WHITESIDE

IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

HENDERSON WARREN

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

BENTON CEDAR CLINTON
IOWA JACKSON JOHNSON
JONES LINN MUSCATINE
SCOTT

IN NORTHEAST IOWA

BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE

IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

DES MOINES HENRY IA JEFFERSON
KEOKUK LEE LOUISA
VAN BUREN WASHINGTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEDO, ANAMOSA, BETTENDORF,
BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS, CLINTON, CREDIT ISLAND, DAVENPORT,
DUBUQUE, FAIRFIELD, GALENA, GENESEO, INDEPENDENCE, IOWA CITY,
KEOKUK, KEOSAUQUA, MANCHESTER, MAQUOKETA, MARENGO, MOLINE,
MONMOUTH, MOUNT CARROLL, MOUNT PLEASANT, MUSCATINE, OQUAWKA,
ROCK ISLAND, SIGOURNEY, STERLING, TIPTON, VINTON, WAPELLO,
AND WASHINGTON.

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