This Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been extended until 9 p.m.
Additional information from the National Weather Service:
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Buchanan County in northeastern Iowa...
Northwestern Johnson County in east central Iowa...
Benton County in east central Iowa...
Western Linn County in east central Iowa...
Northeastern Iowa County in east central Iowa...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 756 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Jesup to Homestead, moving north at
60 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Middle Amana, Hiawatha, Newhall, Wapsipinicon Golf Course, Atkins,
Toddville, Troy Mills, Monti, Aurora, Otterville, Swisher, High
Amana, Iowa County Fairgrounds, Minne Estema Park, Walford, Robins,
Conroy, Winthrop, Cheney, and West Amana.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 216 and 239.
Interstate 380 between mile markers 1 and 55.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building.
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH