Buckner Cemetery, IA Weather Warnings
Thunderstorm
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 20 at 3:56PM CDT until July 20 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA SVRDMX The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Hardin County in central Iowa... Marshall County in central Iowa... Southwestern Black Hawk County in northeastern Iowa... Tama County in central Iowa... Grundy County in central Iowa... * Until 500 PM CDT. * At 355 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ackley Municipal Airport, or 13 miles northeast of Eldora, moving southeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Emergency management. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Marshalltown, Eldora, Grundy Center, Toledo, La Porte City, Hudson, Traer, Reinbeck, Dysart, Dike, Conrad, Meskwaki Casino, Uni-Dome And McLeod Center, Gladbrook, Le Grand, Melbourne, Wellsburg, and Garwin. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central, north central and northeastern Iowa.
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Wind
Tornado Watch issued July 20 at 3:03PM CDT until July 20 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 500 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 29 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL IOWA BOONE DALLAS GRUNDY HAMILTON HARDIN JASPER MARSHALL POLK POWESHIEK STORY TAMA WEBSTER IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA BUTLER CERRO GORDO FRANKLIN HANCOCK HUMBOLDT WINNEBAGO WORTH WRIGHT IN NORTHEAST IOWA BLACK HAWK BREMER IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA MADISON MAHASKA MARION WARREN IN SOUTHWEST IOWA ADAIR IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA GREENE GUTHRIE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ADAIR, ADEL, ALLISON, AMES, APLINGTON, BAYARD, BELMOND, BOONE, BRITT, CARLISLE, CASEY, CEDAR FALLS, CLARION, CLARKSVILLE, CLEAR LAKE, CONRAD, DES MOINES, DIKE, DUMONT, DYSART, EAGLE GROVE, EARLHAM, ELDORA, FONTANELLE, FOREST CITY, FORT DODGE, GARNER, GLADBROOK, GREENE, GREENFIELD, GRINNELL, GRUNDY CENTER, GUTHRIE CENTER, HAMPTON, HUMBOLDT, INDIANOLA, IOWA FALLS, JEFFERSON, KANAWHA, KNOXVILLE, LAKE MILLS, MANLY, MARSHALLTOWN, MASON CITY, NEWTON, NORTHWOOD, NORWALK, OSKALOOSA, PANORA, PARKERSBURG, PELLA, PERRY, REINBECK, SHELL ROCK, STUART, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, WATERLOO, WAUKEE, WAVERLY, WEBSTER CITY, WELLSBURG, AND WINTERSET. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE. SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE. SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. PROBABILITY TABLE: PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 70% PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : 50% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 60% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 50% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 40% PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 40% PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 90% MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : SE 35
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