Here is the severe weather statement out of the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWEST CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT. * AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR SHUEYVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELY...LAKE MACBRIDE STATE PARK...SOLON...MOUNT VERNON AND LISBON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 16.

There also have been indications of severe storms to the south of Iowa City in Washington County.

Although Iowa City is not included in the warning, it is a part of the following severe weather statement:

Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.