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WWUS83 KDVN 070651
SPSDVN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
1251 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2026
IAZ054-066-068-ILZ007-009-015>018-070730-
WHITESIDE IL-CARROLL IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-BUREAU IL-HENRY IL-PUTNAM IL-
SCOTT IA-CLINTON IA-JACKSON IA-
1251 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2026
...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WHITESIDE, SOUTHEASTERN
CARROLL, NORTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND, BUREAU, HENRY, PUTNAM,
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT, EASTERN CLINTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM CST...
AT 1248 AM CST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANIED
BY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AN
INITIAL ROUND OF STRONG WINDS TO 55 MPH WILL BE FOUND. A FEW STORMS
WILL THEN FOLLOW FOR PARTS OF THE AREA AND MAY BRING AN ADDITIONAL
PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...STRONG WINDS COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS, KNOCK DOWN WEAK TREES
AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTON, STERLING, KEWANEE, ROCK FALLS, PRINCETON, MORRISON,
CAMBRIDGE, HENNEPIN, GENESEO, DEWITT, SPRING VALLEY, COLONA,
CAMANCHE, LE CLAIRE, FULTON, GALVA, PROPHETSTOWN, ORION, DEPUE, AND
PORT BYRON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 305 AND 306.
INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 72.
INTERSTATE 74 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 33.
INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 44.
INTERSTATE 180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS...AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA.
LAT...LON 4111 8934 4115 8933 4115 8964 4123 8964
4123 8987 4115 8987 4116 9043 4153 9035
4204 9065 4202 8969 4193 8969 4193 8963
4159 8963 4158 8917 4111 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 238DEG 39KT 4184 9029 4121 9013
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
MCCLURE
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