671  
WWUS83 KDMX 031238  
SPSDMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
738 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
 
IAZ060-061-073-074-031315-  
MARION IA-JASPER IA-POLK IA-WARREN IA-  
738 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN POLK...MARION
 
 
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 815 AM  
CDT...  
 
AT 738 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRAIRIE CITY TO 5 MILES  
NORTHEAST OF PLEASANTVILLE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MELCHER-DALLAS.  
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE  
INCH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS, LOW  
VISIBILITIES, AND RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PELLA, KNOXVILLE, MONROE, PLEASANTVILLE, PRAIRIE CITY, KNOXVILLE  
RACEWAY, LAKE RED ROCK, HARTFORD, RUNNELLS, REASNOR, SWAN,  
SANDYVILLE, KNOXVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AND ELK ROCK STATE PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4121 9313 4139 9349 4162 9333 4156 9292  
4138 9296  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 288DEG 25KT 4162 9316 4144 9321 4127 9338  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
DODSON  
 
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