451
WWUS53 KDVN 202216
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
516 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026
IAC011-019-113-202230-
/O.CON.KDVN.SV.W.0226.000000T0000Z-260720T2230Z/
BUCHANAN IA-BENTON IA-LINN IA-
516 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN...BENTON AND WESTERN LINN COUNTIES...
AT 515 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ALBURNETT TO NEAR FAIRFAX TO KOSZTA, MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC. AT 459 PM AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION RECORDED A
74 MPH WIND GUST 5 MILES NORTH OF NEWHALL, IOWA.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR RAPIDS, VINTON, MARION, HIAWATHA, ROBINS, BELLE PLAINE, CENTER
POINT, FAIRFAX, ELY, ATKINS, WALFORD, URBANA, PALO, SHELLSBURG,
NEWHALL, WALKER, BLAIRSTOWN, VAN HORNE, ALBURNETT, AND KEYSTONE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 45.
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 4186 9158 4186 9230 4206 9230 4234 9178
4231 9159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 316DEG 52KT 4217 9163 4194 9175 4182 9217
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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