Tornado Watch until 08:00PM Saturday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 27 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 35 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL IOWA BOONE DALLAS GRUNDY HAMILTON HARDIN JASPER MARSHALL POLK POWESHIEK STORY TAMA WEBSTER IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA APPANOOSE CLARKE DECATUR LUCAS MADISON MAHASKA MARION MONROE RINGGOLD UNION WARREN WAYNE IN SOUTHEAST IOWA DAVIS WAPELLO IN SOUTHWEST IOWA ADAIR ADAMS CASS TAYLOR IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL GREENE GUTHRIE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ADAIR, ADEL, ALBIA, ALLERTON, AMES, ATLANTIC, AUDUBON, BAYARD, BEDFORD, BLOOMFIELD, BOONE, CARLISLE, CARROLL, CASEY, CENTERVILLE, CHARITON, CONRAD, CORNING, CORYDON, CRESTON, DES MOINES, DIKE, DYSART, EARLHAM, ELDORA, EXIRA, FONTANELLE, FORT DODGE, GLADBROOK, GREENFIELD, GRINNELL, GRUNDY CENTER, GUTHRIE CENTER, HUMESTON, INDIANOLA, IOWA FALLS, JEFFERSON, KNOXVILLE, LAKE CITY, LAMONI, LENOX, LEON, MANSON, MARSHALLTOWN, MOUNT AYR, NEW MARKET, NEWTON, NORWALK, OSCEOLA, OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA, PANORA, PELLA, PERRY, POMEROY, REINBECK, ROCKWELL CITY, SEYMOUR, STUART, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, WAUKEE, WEBSTER CITY, WELLSBURG, AND WINTERSET.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY. SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH LIKELY. SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. PROBABILITY TABLE: PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 60% PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : 20% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 70% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 20% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 40% PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 30% PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 90% MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : NE 45
* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAIR, IA ... ADAMS, IA ... APPANOOSE, IA ... AUDUBON, IA ... BOONE, IA ... CALHOUN, IA ... CARROLL, IA ... CASS, IA ... CLARKE, IA ... DALLAS, IA ... DAVIS, IA ... DECATUR, IA ... GREENE, IA ... GRUNDY, IA ... GUTHRIE, IA ... HAMILTON, IA ... HARDIN, IA ... JASPER, IA ... LUCAS, IA ... MADISON, IA ... MAHASKA, IA ... MARION, IA ... MARSHALL, IA ... MONROE, IA ... POLK, IA ... POWESHIEK, IA ... RINGGOLD, IA ... STORY, IA ... TAMA, IA ... TAYLOR, IA ... UNION, IA ... WAPELLO, IA ... WARREN, IA ... WAYNE, IA ... WEBSTER, IA
Address/Location
City of Mitchellville
204 Center Ave N
Mitchellville, IA 50169
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 515-967-2935
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP INFO50169 followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Tornado Watch