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WWUS63 KDMX 021845  
WCNDMX  
 
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 89  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
145 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
IAC007-039-051-053-099-117-123-125-127-135-153-157-171-179-181-  
185-030100-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.A.0089.260402T1845Z-260403T0100Z/  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 89 IN  
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS  
 
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES  
 
IN CENTRAL IOWA  
 
JASPER MARSHALL POLK  
POWESHIEK TAMA  
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA  
 
APPANOOSE CLARKE DECATUR  
LUCAS MAHASKA MARION  
MONROE WARREN WAYNE  
 
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA  
 
DAVIS WAPELLO  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBIA, ALLERTON, BLOOMFIELD,  
CARLISLE, CENTERVILLE, CHARITON, CORYDON, DES MOINES, DYSART,  
GLADBROOK, GRINNELL, HUMESTON, INDIANOLA, KNOXVILLE, LAMONI,  
LEON, MARSHALLTOWN, NEWTON, NORWALK, OSCEOLA, OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA,  
PELLA, SEYMOUR, TAMA, TOLEDO, AND TRAER.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
 
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE.  
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75  
MPH LIKELY.  
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2  
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE.  
 
PROBABILITY TABLE:  
PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 70%  
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 : 60%  
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 40%  
PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 30%  
PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 90%  
MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : E 40  
 

 
 
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