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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
628 PM CST WED JAN 21 2026
ILC015-161-195-IAC045-097-163-220115-
/O.NEW.KDVN.SQ.W.0002.260122T0028Z-260122T0115Z/
ROCK ISLAND IL-WHITESIDE IL-CARROLL IL-JACKSON IA-SCOTT IA-
CLINTON IA-
628 PM CST WED JAN 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
WESTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST.
* AT 627 PM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM REECEVILLE TO NEAR DONAHUE, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ASSOCIATED
WITH INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING
TO BLOWING SNOW. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 50 MPH COULD
KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTER.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 22, US
HIGHWAYS 61 AND 30.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTON, MAQUOKETA, MORRISON, MOUNT CARROLL, DEWITT, CAMANCHE,
FULTON, SAVANNA, ERIE, GARDEN PLAIN, PRESTON, FAIRHAVEN, ALBANY,
PRINCETON, CORDOVA, GRAND MOUND, SABULA, CHADWICK, DELMAR, AND MILES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
IF TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY, FIND THE NEAREST EXIT OR REST AREA AND
PARK SAFELY AWAY FROM TRAFFIC. ALLOW SNOW SQUALLS TO PASS BEFORE
ATTEMPTING TO RESUME TRAVEL.
LAT...LON 4191 8986 4166 9007 4174 9089 4220 9054
4220 9033 4219 9032 4220 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 276DEG 45KT 4212 9028 4175 9067
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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