696
WWUS53 KDVN 202136
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
436 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026
IAC011-019-113-202230-
/O.CON.KDVN.SV.W.0226.000000T0000Z-260720T2230Z/
BUCHANAN IA-BENTON IA-LINN IA-
436 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR BUCHANAN...BENTON AND WESTERN LINN COUNTIES...
AT 435 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WINTHROP TO MINNE ESTEMA PARK TO NEAR GARWIN,
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...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA.
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.
LAT...LON 4247 9160 4186 9158 4186 9230 4230 9230
4230 9206 4264 9208 4264 9196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 313DEG 48KT 4253 9178 4225 9203 4213 9266
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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