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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
720 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-220000-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INDEPENDENCE, MANCHESTER, DUBUQUE,
VINTON, CEDAR RAPIDS, ANAMOSA, MAQUOKETA, MARENGO, IOWA CITY,
TIPTON, CLINTON, MUSCATINE, DAVENPORT, BETTENDORF, SIGOURNEY,
WASHINGTON, WAPELLO, FAIRFIELD, MOUNT PLEASANT, BURLINGTON,
KEOSAUQUA, FORT MADISON, GALENA, FREEPORT, MOUNT CARROLL,
STERLING, MOLINE, ROCK ISLAND, GENESEO, PRINCETON, HENNEPIN,
ALEDO, OQUAWKA, MONMOUTH, CARTHAGE, MACOMB, MEMPHIS, AND KAHOKA
720 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026
..ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH NEAR
RECORD OR RECORD WARMTH, LOW HUMIDITY, AND DRIED VEGETATION TO
PRODUCE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY. IF A FIRE WERE TO START
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASED THREAT OF FIRE
SPREAD AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE
OPERATING OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT AROUND DRY VEGETATION AND DO NOT
CARELESSLY DISCARD CIGARETTES.
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