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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
232 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
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009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-182045-
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-
232 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
DAY ONE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WARM TEMPERATURES, DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER INTO THIS
EVENING. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
SOUTHEAST WINDS COULD OCCASIONALLY GUST AROUND 40 MPH THIS
EVENING, MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
ISOLATED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING
AND EARLY OVERNIGHT, WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING HAIL AND LIGHTNING.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL BE FOUND ON WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTY
WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH, WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY
CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING. THERE IS A
MARGINAL RISK (LEVEL 1 OF 5) FOR SEVERE STORMS NEAR THE QUAD
CITIES AND LOCATIONS TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
COLDER AIR WORKING IN BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO
LIGHT SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
LIKELY TO BE LIGHT.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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