Tornado Watch until 01:00AM Tuesday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 294 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 37 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL IOWA BOONE DALLAS HAMILTON HARDIN JASPER MARSHALL POLK STORY WEBSTER IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA FRANKLIN HANCOCK HUMBOLDT KOSSUTH WINNEBAGO WRIGHT IN NORTHWEST IOWA EMMET PALO ALTO POCAHONTAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA CLARKE DECATUR LUCAS MADISON MARION RINGGOLD UNION WARREN WAYNE IN SOUTHWEST IOWA ADAIR ADAMS CASS TAYLOR IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL GREENE GUTHRIE SAC THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ADAIR, ADEL, ALGONA, ALLERTON, AMES, ATLANTIC, AUDUBON, BAYARD, BEDFORD, BELMOND, BOONE, BRITT, CARLISLE, CARROLL, CASEY, CHARITON, CLARION, CORNING, CORYDON, CRESTON, DES MOINES, EAGLE GROVE, EARLHAM, EARLY, ELDORA, EMMETSBURG, ESTHERVILLE, EXIRA, FONDA, FONTANELLE, FOREST CITY, FORT DODGE, GARNER, GILMORE CITY, GREENFIELD, GUTHRIE CENTER, HAMPTON, HUMBOLDT, HUMESTON, INDIANOLA, IOWA FALLS, JEFFERSON, KANAWHA, KNOXVILLE, LAKE CITY, LAKE MILLS, LAKE VIEW, LAMONI, LAURENS, LENOX, LEON, MANSON, MARSHALLTOWN, MOUNT AYR, NEW MARKET, NEWTON, NORWALK, ODEBOLT, OSCEOLA, PANORA, PELLA, PERRY, POCAHONTAS, POMEROY, ROCKWELL CITY, ROLFE, SAC CITY, SCHALLER, SEYMOUR, STUART, WALL LAKE, WAUKEE, WEBSTER CITY, AND WINTERSET.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE. SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE. PROBABILITY TABLE: PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 40% PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : 20% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 50% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 30% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 70% PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 50% PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : >95% MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : NE 40
* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAIR, IA ... ADAMS, IA ... AUDUBON, IA ... BOONE, IA ... CALHOUN, IA ... CARROLL, IA ... CASS, IA ... CLARKE, IA ... DALLAS, IA ... DECATUR, IA ... EMMET, IA ... FRANKLIN, IA ... GREENE, IA ... GUTHRIE, IA ... HAMILTON, IA ... HANCOCK, IA ... HARDIN, IA ... HUMBOLDT, IA ... JASPER, IA ... KOSSUTH, IA ... LUCAS, IA ... MADISON, IA ... MARION, IA ... MARSHALL, IA ... PALO ALTO, IA ... POCAHONTAS, IA ... POLK, IA ... RINGGOLD, IA ... SAC, IA ... STORY, IA ... TAYLOR, IA ... UNION, IA ... WARREN, IA ... WAYNE, IA ... WEBSTER, IA ... WINNEBAGO, IA ... WRIGHT, 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