540  
FLUS43 KDVN 180940  
HWODVN  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
440 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-  
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-191100-  
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-  
440 AM CDT MON MAY 18 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
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT  
 
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE  
OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH MID MORNING. THESE MORNING STORMS MAY PRODUCE  
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THEN LATER TONIGHT ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG  
TO SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST BY MID TO  
LATE EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT TONIGHT, WITH  
SPIN-UP TORNADOES A SECONDARY CONCERN.  
 
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR AREAS OF STRONG WINDS GUSHING OUT THE  
BACKSIDE IN THE WAKE OF DECAYING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS  
MORNING. SOME OF THESE WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 55 MPH.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY  
 
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING AND ESPECIALLY  
AGAIN TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
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