ROCK ISLAND, Illinois - Overnight on July 6th, 2016 sirens went off around the Quad Cities that had many people confused.
For one resident in Rock Island it had her on edge.
"I hid under the bed that`s what I do," said Janet Mosley.
There was no tornado early Wednesday but the winds were strong enough to split at least one tree on 4th avenue in Rock Island.
"The big tree in your garden is down and I look at my husband and I say what down, what do you mean down?," said Constance Muhammad.
The noise of the tree coming down and the sirens confused people living on the street.
"All I could hear was crackling like popcorn, crack, crack, crack and the next thing I knew I heard something go boom," said Mosley.
According to the National Weather Service they issued a warning for the possibility of 70 mph winds, that's why the Quad Cities set off their sirens.
"If they`re straight line or even spinning as long as it can cause some damage then that`s gonna be the concern and that`s why possibly the sirens went off in some of the counties," said WQAD Meteorologist James Zahara.
When those sirens go off it's to warn people of the potential for damaging weather heading our way.
"The bottom line about the sirens is to make sure that you react and not try to find out well is it a tornado or not, sirens are going off for a reason," said Zahara.