847  
WUUS53 KDVN 202118  
SVRDVN  
IAC011-019-113-202230-  
/O.NEW.KDVN.SV.W.0226.260720T2118Z-260720T2230Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL  
418 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA...  
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...  
WESTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...  
 
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 417 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FAIRBANK TO NEAR WASHBURN TO NEAR CONRAD,  
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF  
PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE  
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,  
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CEDAR RAPIDS, INDEPENDENCE, VINTON, MARION, HIAWATHA, ROBINS, BELLE  
PLAINE, JESUP, CENTER POINT, FAIRFAX, ELY, ATKINS, WALFORD, URBANA,  
DYSART, FAIRBANK, PALO, SHELLSBURG, NEWHALL, AND WINTHROP.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 55.  
 
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.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN  
AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4247 9160 4186 9158 4186 9230 4230 9230  
4230 9206 4264 9208 4264 9196  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 306DEG 49KT 4264 9199 4241 9232 4230 9288  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
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