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City of Mitchellville
Friday April 17th, 2026 :: 12:42 p.m. CDT

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Tornado Watch until 08:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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 POWESHIEK STORY TAMA IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA BUTLER CERRO GORDO FRANKLIN WORTH WRIGHT IN NORTHEAST IOWA BLACK HAWK BREMER IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA APPANOOSE CLARKE DECATUR LUCAS MADISON MAHASKA MARION MONROE RINGGOLD UNION WARREN WAYNE IN SOUTHEAST IOWA DAVIS WAPELLO THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ADEL, ALBIA, ALLERTON, ALLISON, AMES, APLINGTON, BELMOND, BLOOMFIELD, BOONE, CARLISLE, CEDAR FALLS, CENTERVILLE, CHARITON, CLARION, CLARKSVILLE, CLEAR LAKE, CONRAD, CORYDON, CRESTON, DES MOINES, DIKE, DUMONT, DYSART, EAGLE GROVE, EARLHAM, ELDORA, GLADBROOK, GREENE, GRINNELL, GRUNDY CENTER, HAMPTON, HUMESTON, INDIANOLA, IOWA FALLS, KNOXVILLE, LAMONI, LEON, MANLY, MARSHALLTOWN, MASON CITY, MOUNT AYR, NEWTON, NORTHWOOD, NORWALK, OSCEOLA, OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA, PARKERSBURG, PELLA, PERRY, REINBECK, SEYMOUR, SHELL ROCK, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, WATERLOO, WAUKEE, WAVERLY, WEBSTER CITY, WELLSBURG, AND WINTERSET.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3.5 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 : 70% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 20% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 80% 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/ : E 40

* AFFECTED AREAS: APPANOOSE, IA ... BLACK HAWK, IA ... BOONE, IA ... BREMER, IA ... BUTLER, IA ... CERRO GORDO, IA ... CLARKE, IA ... DALLAS, IA ... DAVIS, IA ... DECATUR, IA ... FRANKLIN, IA ... GRUNDY, 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 ... UNION, IA ... WAPELLO, IA ... WARREN, IA ... WAYNE, 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

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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

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