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WEATHER ALERT STATUS: ACTION

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible areawide Wednesday afternoon into the evening with the greatest risk area for significant severe weather mainly on Iowa side. Primary threats are large hail, damaging wind and tornadoes. A strong EF2+ tornado cannot be ruled out, mainly along and south of I-80 in Iowa.

Significant severe weather is also possible Friday into Friday night.


⚠️ LEVEL 3 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT

🗓️ Wednesday April 15
⏰ 2:00pm – 10:00pm
📍 Mainly Iowa side
⚠️ All hazards possible

🟠 OVERALL THREAT: Level 3 of 5
🟠 PEAK POTENTIAL: Level 3 of 5

👉 Scattered to widespread strong to severe thunderstorms are expected areawide Wednesday afternoon into the evening with the area at greatest risk for significant severe weather mainly focused south of Highway 20 on Iowa side.

🟧 LEVEL 3 THREAT: There is a conditional threat for significant severe weather from central to eastern Iowa, dependent on how quickly the atmosphere can recover after preceding rain, storms and cloud cover. Model guidance suggests a broken line of supercells may develop in central Iowa, then advance east through MS river later this evening around 8pm with the potential to produce a strong EF2+ tornado before ultimately weakening on Illinois side.

L3 PRIMARY THREATS
• EF2+ tornadoes possible
• Tennis ball size hail possible
• Wind gusts up to 70+ mph
• Flash flooding possible

🟨 LEVEL 2 THREAT: Thunderstorms are likely areawide during the afternoon and evening hours, and will be capable of producing all severe hazards including large hail, damaging wind gusts, flash flooding and possibly tornadoes.

L2 PRIMARY THREATS

• Golf ball size hail possible
• Wind gusts up to 60+ mph
• Few tornadoes possible
• Flash flooding possible

🔘 CURRENT: LEVEL 3 • MEDIUM
📈 ODDS FOR UPGRADE: 25%
📉 ODDS FOR DOWNGRADE: 50%

Forecast is subject to change.
Stay tuned in for more updates.
Posted 11am Wednesday April 15

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ACTIVE OUTLOOKS

SHORT-TERM FORECASTS

  • WEDNESDAY APRIL 15
  • THURSDAY APRIL 16
  • FRIDAY APRIL 17

EXTENDED FORECASTS

CLIMATE DATA

MOLINE, ILLINOIS
Quad-City Airport
April 13, 2026

Normal High: 62°
Normal Low: 39°

APRIL PRECIPITATION
Month to date: 3.56″
Normal: 1.33″
Since March 1st: 6.82″
Normal: 3.95″
Since Jan. 1st: 7.30″
Normal: 7.44″

APRIL SNOWFALL
Month to date: 0.0″
Normal: 0.7″
Since March 1st: 7.0″
Normal: 5.1″
Since July 1st: 27.7″
Normal: 35.7″

APRIL HISTORY
All-Time High
93° 1986
All-Time Low
7° 1982
Wettest
11.3″ 1973
Driest
0.32″ 1895
Most Snowfall
13.3″ 1997

EVENT REVIEWS

March 15-16, 2026
Blizzard

A powerful winter storm dumped 4 to 10 inches of snow with wind gusts up to 50+ mph late March 15 into March 16, which led to blizzard conditions across most of the QCA region, including the immediate Quad Cities.

March 10, 2026
Large Hail & Tornadoes

– An outbreak of severe weather occurred on the afternoon and evening of March 10, impacting large swaths of the QCA with numerous reports of large hail up to the size of baseballs, along with 6 tornadoes.

– The most significant impacts were just to our east, in the Kankakee area, where there was a long-track EF3 tornado, along with massive hail over 6″ in diameter, which is bigger than a DVD disc.

  • Tornado near Aroma Park, IL.

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