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WUUS53 KDVN 151439
SVRDVN
IAC031-139-151530-
/O.NEW.KDVN.SV.W.0037.260315T1439Z-260315T1530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
939 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHWESTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.
* AT 939 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST BRANCH,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIPTON, WEST BRANCH, STANWOOD, WEST LIBERTY, LOWDEN, BENNETT,
ATALISSA, ROCHESTER, BUCHANAN, CLARENCE, SPRINGDALE, CEDAR VALLEY,
MUSCATINE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, MASSILLON PARK, CEDAR BLUFF, BENNETT
PARK, SUNBURY, CEDAR VALLEY PARK, HERBERT HOOVER NATIONAL HISTORIC
SITE, AND TIPTON MATTHEWS AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 254 AND 278.
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.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4195 9090 4163 9090 4153 9137 4176 9137
4195 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 228DEG 49KT 4164 9140
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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