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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
205 AM CDT TUE JUL 29 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA...
WESTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA...
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT.
* AT 201 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BACKBONE STATE PARK TO TROY MILLS TO CENTER POINT,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR COGGON...CENTRAL CITY...ANAMOSA...
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AT 150 AM CDT A WIND GUST
OF 77 MPH WAS REPORTED IN INDEPENDENCE. WIDESPREAD
REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN BUCHANAN COUNTY HAVE BEEN
REPORTED AS WELL.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR RAPIDS, ANAMOSA, MARION, HIAWATHA, MOUNT VERNON, MONTICELLO,
ROBINS, CENTER POINT, CENTRAL CITY, SPRINGVILLE, WALKER, ALBURNETT,
COGGON, HOPKINTON, RYAN, MARTELLE, PRAIRIEBURG, MASONVILLE, MORLEY,
AND TODDVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 39.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4247 9150 4231 9114 4205 9119 4195 9128
4195 9136 4194 9137 4193 9141 4212 9184
4224 9183 4251 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 303DEG 34KT 4262 9159 4227 9167 4219 9178
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH
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