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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 223 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL IOWA BOONE DALLAS GRUNDY HAMILTON HARDIN JASPER MARSHALL POLK POWESHIEK STORY TAMA WEBSTER IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA HUMBOLDT WRIGHT IN NORTHWEST IOWA POCAHONTAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA MAHASKA MARION MONROE WARREN IN SOUTHEAST IOWA WAPELLO IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA CALHOUN CARROLL GREENE GUTHRIE SAC THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ADEL, ALBIA, AMES, BAYARD, BELMOND, BOONE, CARLISLE, CARROLL, CASEY, CLARION, CONRAD, DES MOINES, DIKE, DYSART, EAGLE GROVE, EARLY, ELDORA, FONDA, FORT DODGE, GILMORE CITY, GLADBROOK, GRINNELL, GRUNDY CENTER, GUTHRIE CENTER, HUMBOLDT, INDIANOLA, IOWA FALLS, JEFFERSON, KNOXVILLE, LAKE CITY, LAKE VIEW, LAURENS, MANSON, MARSHALLTOWN, NEWTON, NORWALK, ODEBOLT, OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA, PANORA, PELLA, PERRY, POCAHONTAS, POMEROY, REINBECK, ROCKWELL CITY, ROLFE, SAC CITY, SCHALLER, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, WALL LAKE, WAUKEE, WEBSTER CITY, AND WELLSBURG.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE. SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 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 : 30% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 10% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 40% PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 10% PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 70% MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : NE 25

* AFFECTED AREAS: BOONE, IA ... CALHOUN, IA ... CARROLL, IA ... DALLAS, IA ... GREENE, IA ... GRUNDY, IA ... GUTHRIE, IA ... HAMILTON, IA ... HARDIN, IA ... HUMBOLDT, IA ... JASPER, IA ... MAHASKA, IA ... MARION, IA ... MARSHALL, IA ... MONROE, IA ... POCAHONTAS, IA ... POLK, IA ... POWESHIEK, IA ... SAC, IA ... STORY, IA ... TAMA, IA ... WAPELLO, IA ... WARREN, IA ... WEBSTER, IA ... WRIGHT, IA