Tornado Watch until 09:00PM Tuesday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 277 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL IOWA BOONE DALLAS GRUNDY HAMILTON HARDIN JASPER MARSHALL POLK STORY WEBSTER IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA BUTLER CERRO GORDO FRANKLIN HANCOCK HUMBOLDT KOSSUTH WINNEBAGO WORTH WRIGHT IN NORTHEAST IOWA BREMER IN NORTHWEST IOWA EMMET PALO ALTO POCAHONTAS IN SOUTHWEST IOWA ADAIR CASS IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL CRAWFORD GREENE GUTHRIE SAC THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ADAIR, ADEL, ALGONA, ALLISON, AMES, APLINGTON, ATLANTIC, AUDUBON, BAYARD, BELMOND, BOONE, BRITT, CARROLL, CASEY, CLARION, CLARKSVILLE, CLEAR LAKE, CONRAD, DENISON, DES MOINES, DIKE, DUMONT, EAGLE GROVE, EARLY, ELDORA, EMMETSBURG, ESTHERVILLE, EXIRA, FONDA, FONTANELLE, FOREST CITY, FORT DODGE, GARNER, GILMORE CITY, GREENE, GREENFIELD, GRUNDY CENTER, GUTHRIE CENTER, HAMPTON, HUMBOLDT, IOWA FALLS, JEFFERSON, KANAWHA, LAKE CITY, LAKE MILLS, LAKE VIEW, LAURENS, MANLY, MANSON, MARSHALLTOWN, MASON CITY, NEWTON, NORTHWOOD, ODEBOLT, PANORA, PARKERSBURG, PERRY, POCAHONTAS, POMEROY, REINBECK, ROCKWELL CITY, ROLFE, SAC CITY, SCHALLER, SHELL ROCK, STUART, WALL LAKE, WAUKEE, WAVERLY, WEBSTER CITY, AND WELLSBURG. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STRONG LONG LIVED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR...
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 90 MPH LIKELY. SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. PROBABILITY TABLE: PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 90% PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : 80% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 80% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 60% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 60% 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 50
* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAIR, IA ... AUDUBON, IA ... BOONE, IA ... BREMER, IA ... BUTLER, IA ... CALHOUN, IA ... CARROLL, IA ... CASS, IA ... CERRO GORDO, IA ... CRAWFORD, IA ... DALLAS, IA ... EMMET, IA ... FRANKLIN, IA ... GREENE, IA ... GRUNDY, IA ... GUTHRIE, IA ... HAMILTON, IA ... HANCOCK, IA ... HARDIN, IA ... HUMBOLDT, IA ... JASPER, IA ... KOSSUTH, IA ... MARSHALL, IA ... PALO ALTO, IA ... POCAHONTAS, IA ... POLK, IA ... SAC, IA ... STORY, IA ... WEBSTER, IA ... WINNEBAGO, IA ... WORTH, 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