SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

• If inside: go to the basement or a safe room and assume a tornado safety position low to the ground. If you don't have either, proceed to the lowest innermost room away from windows. Do not go to large open rooms such as cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums. Cover your head.
• If outside/in a car: seek shelter inside a sturdy building immediately. Being in a vehicle during a tornado is not safe. The best course of action is to drive to the closest shelter. If you are unable to make it to a safe shelter, either get down in your car and cover your head or abandon your car and seek shelter in a low-lying area such as a ditch or ravine.
• Remember: When outdoor warning sirens go off/you receive a Hawk Alert for a tornado warning. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY and REMAIN in the shelter until the warning has expired. Stopping the sirens DOES NOT mean the threat has passed.

The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a Tornado Warning for...

Southwestern Cedar County in east central Iowa...

Southern Johnson County in east central Iowa...

Northeastern Washington County in southeastern Iowa...

Northwestern Muscatine County in east central Iowa...

Southeastern Iowa County in east central Iowa...

* Until 6:30 p.m. CDT.

* At 5:48 p.m. CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Amish, or 14 miles southwest of Iowa City, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...

Iowa City, Kalona, University Heights, Riverside, Hills, Sharon

Center, Iowa City Municipal Airport, Cosgrove, Hills Access, and

Johnson County Fairgrounds around 5:55 p.m. CDT.

Coralville, River Junction, and University Of Iowa around 6:00 p.m.

CDT, and Lone Tree around 6:05 p.m. CDT.

Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include West Branch, West Liberty, Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Nichols, Springdale and Muscatine County Fairgrounds.

This includes Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 248 and 263.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.