Weather Alerts for Scott County, IAIssued by the National Weather Service |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
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| SCOTT COUNTY, IA | ||
Areas Affected: Rock Island, IL - Cedar, IA - Clinton, IA - Muscatine, IA - Scott, IA |
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| Effective: Wed, 8/12 6:23am | Updated: Wed, 8/12 6:32am | Urgency: Immediate |
| Expires: Wed, 8/12 7:15am | Severity: Severe | Certainty: Observed |
Details:
At 623 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Clarence to near Rochester to near Saulsbury Bridge Campground, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Muscatine, Durant, Wilton, Bennett, New Liberty, Sunbury, Sweetland Center, Bennett Park, Wheatland, Stockton, New Era, Big Rock, Fairport Recreation Area, Walcott, Calamus, Fairport, Illinois City, Dixon, Midway Beach, Pleasant Prairie, Sherman Park, Plainview, Wildcat Den State Park, Blue Grass, Buffalo, Montpelier, Maysville, Loud Thunder Forest Preserve, Loud Thunder Scout Camp, Clark's Ferry Recreation Area, Davenport, Andalusia, Grand Mound, Donahue, Edgington, West Lake Park, Buffalo Shores, Eldridge, DeWitt, Long Grove, Davenport Municipal Airport, Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds and Taylor Ridge. This includes the following highways... Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 263 and 294. Interstate 280 between mile markers 1 and 10. Information: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. |
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