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Alert: Severe Weather Storm Warning Until 11:30 a.m. for Iowa City and Parts of Southern Johnson County
Severe weather including hail and torrential downpour is rapidly approaching this area.
From the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CEDAR...SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN LOUISA...NORTHWESTERN MUSCATINE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...
AT 1048 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRIGHTON... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WASHINGTON...WEST BRANCH...AINSWORTH...RICHMOND...RIVERSIDE...LONE TREE...HILLS...NICHOLS...WEST LIBERTY...ATALISSA...WASHINGTON AIRPORT...HASKINS...GLADWIN...RIVER JUNCTION...OASIS AND SPRINGDALE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 249 AND 263. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
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