⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Johnson; Muscatine; Washington; Louisa; Henry; Rock Island; Mercer – Monday, July 20, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 20 at 11:43AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

At 1142 AM CDT, trained weather spotters reported strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Montpelier to near
Fruitland to near Riverside. Movement was southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT…Strong winds could break small tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Muscatine, Aledo, Wapello, Columbus Junction, Burgess, Kalona, Lone
Tree, Andalusia, Riverside, Fruitland, Viola, Morning Sun,
Millersburg, Matherville, New Boston, Keithsburg, Grandview,
Reynolds, Conesville, and Eliza.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring and may lead to localized flooding.
Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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