⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Cedar, IA; Clinton, IA; Jackson, IA; Johnson, IA; Louisa, IA; Muscatine, IA; Scott, IA; Washington, IA; Bureau, IL; Carroll, IL; Henry, IL; Jo Daviess, IL; Mercer, IL; Putnam, IL; Rock Island, IL; Stephenson, IL; Whiteside, IL – Friday, July 3, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Cedar, IA; Clinton, IA; Jackson, IA; Johnson, IA; Louisa, IA; Muscatine, IA; Scott, IA; Washington, IA; Bureau, IL; Carroll, IL; Henry, IL; Jo Daviess, IL; Mercer, IL; Putnam, IL; Rock Island, IL; Stephenson, IL; Whiteside, IL
Effective	7/3/2026, 6:37:00 PM CDT
Expires	7/4/2026, 2:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 3 at 6:37PM CDT until July 4 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
451 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

BUREAU PUTNAM

IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

CARROLL HENRY IL JO DAVIESS
MERCER ROCK ISLAND STEPHENSON
WHITESIDE

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

CEDAR CLINTON JACKSON
JOHNSON MUSCATINE SCOTT

IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

LOUISA WASHINGTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEDO, BETTENDORF, CLINTON,
CREDIT ISLAND, DAVENPORT, FREEPORT, GALENA, GENESEO, HENNEPIN,
IOWA CITY, MAQUOKETA, MOLINE, MOUNT CARROLL, MUSCATINE,
PRINCETON, ROCK ISLAND, STERLING, TIPTON, WAPELLO,
AND WASHINGTON.

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