Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 19 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL IOWA GRUNDY HARDIN JASPER MARSHALL POWESHIEK TAMA IN NORTHEAST IOWA BLACK HAWK IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA APPANOOSE LUCAS MAHASKA MARION MONROE WAYNE IN SOUTHEAST IOWA DAVIS WAPELLO THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ALBIA, ALLERTON, BLOOMFIELD, CEDAR FALLS, CENTERVILLE, CHARITON, CONRAD, CORYDON, DIKE, DYSART, ELDORA, GLADBROOK, GRINNELL, GRUNDY CENTER, HUMESTON, IOWA FALLS, KNOXVILLE, MARSHALLTOWN, NEWTON, OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA, PELLA, REINBECK, SEYMOUR, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, WATERLOO, AND WELLSBURG.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE. SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY. SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY. PROBABILITY TABLE: PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 60% PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : 40% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 60% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 10% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 60% PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 60% PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : >95% MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : NE 40

* AFFECTED AREAS: APPANOOSE, IA ... BLACK HAWK, IA ... DAVIS, IA ... GRUNDY, IA ... HARDIN, IA ... JASPER, IA ... LUCAS, IA ... MAHASKA, IA ... MARION, IA ... MARSHALL, IA ... MONROE, IA ... POWESHIEK, IA ... TAMA, IA ... WAPELLO, IA ... WAYNE, IA