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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
827 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
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009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-210230-
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-
827 PM CST THU FEB 19 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
TONIGHT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PORTIONS
OF ILLINOIS ARE IN A LEVEL 1 OF 5 SEVERE WEATHER RISK WITH THE
MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL.
LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, INCOMING COLD AIR WILL TURN THE
RAIN INTO SNOW. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS
EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A VINTON IOWA TO DUBUQUE LINE BY
FRIDAY MORNING, AND A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SOUTH OF THE WARNING
AREA, A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEAST AND EASTERN IOWA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 INTO EXTREME
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS, GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH, WILL
PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE WINTER
HEADLINE AREAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST-CENTRAL
AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS INTO FAR EASTERN IOWA, WHERE A WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
IN AREAS THAT GET ACCUMULATING SNOW, STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND LOCALIZED SLICK SPOTS THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY MORNING.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING MAINLY EAST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SNOWFALL REPORTS OF AN INCH OR MORE
LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
JTS
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