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WWUS83 KDVN 220154
SPSDVN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
854 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
ILZ009-015>018-024-026-220300-
WARREN IL-MERCER IL-WHITESIDE IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-BUREAU IL-HENRY IL-
PUTNAM IL-
854 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WARREN,
EASTERN MERCER, SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE, SOUTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND,
BUREAU, HENRY AND NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM CDT...
AT 854 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WOODHAVEN LAKES TO NEAR SHALE CITY.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE MINOR TREE LIMB DAMAGE AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS
IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KEWANEE, PRINCETON, ALEDO, CAMBRIDGE, HENNEPIN, GENESEO, SPRING
VALLEY, GALVA, BURGESS, ORION, DEPUE, WALNUT, LADD, WYANET, ATKINSON,
VIOLA, SHEFFIELD, ANNAWAN, TISKILWA, AND WOODHULL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 72.
INTERSTATE 74 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 33.
INTERSTATE 180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4116 8964 4123 8964 4123 8987 4115 8987
4115 9044 4088 9044 4084 9055 4127 9083
4161 8963 4159 8963 4158 8917 4132 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 321DEG 22KT 4162 8936 4118 9067
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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