⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Louisa; Jefferson; Henry; Des Moines; Van Buren; Lee; Henry; Mercer; Henderson; Warren – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 19 at 3:25PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

At 252 PM CDT, trained weather spotters reported a tornado west of
Morning Sun. These storms were nearly stationary.

HAZARD…Funnel clouds and possibly weak, brief tornadoes and minor
flooding.

SOURCE…Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT…Isolated damage to roofs, siding and trees is possible.

Locations impacted include…
Burlington, Fairfield, Monmouth, Mount Pleasant, Oquawka, Keosauqua,
West Burlington, Burgess, New London, Mediapolis, Danville,
Stronghurst, Morning Sun, Woodhull, Kirkwood, Alpha, Keithsburg,
Birmingham, Salem, and Little York.

This includes Interstate 74 in Illinois between mile markers 31 and
33.

Instructions

Conditions are favorable for the development of funnel clouds, and
possibly brief, weak tornadoes. The National Weather Service will
conntinue to closely monitor the situation, and may issue a Tornado
Warning if the threat increases. If you see a funnel cloud please
seek shelter indoors and then contact your local law enforcement
agency for relay to the National Weather Service.

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