221  
WWUS83 KDMX 021623  
SPSDMX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1123 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026  
 
IAZ005>007-016-017-025-021715-  
WRIGHT IA-CERRO GORDO IA-KOSSUTH IA-WINNEBAGO IA-WORTH IA-HANCOCK IA-  
1123 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN WORTH  
 
NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT...SOUTHEASTERN KOSSUTH...HANCOCK...CERRO GORDO  
AND SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM CDT...  
 
AT 1123 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES SOUTH OF BRITT, OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARNER, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL AND ADDITIONAL  
HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS, LOW VISIBILITIES,  
AND RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MASON CITY, FOREST CITY, GARNER, BELMOND, BRITT, CLEAR LAKE, EAGLE  
LAKE, MASON CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VENTURA, KANAWHA, KLEMME,  
THORNTON, WESLEY, FERTILE, CORWITH, LELAND, MESERVEY, CRYSTAL LAKE,  
HANLONTOWN, AND SWALEDALE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 182 AND 202.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4310 9307 4291 9346 4291 9350 4289 9350  
4279 9369 4305 9405 4342 9361  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1623Z 236DEG 41KT 4298 9380  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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