Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Marshall, IA; Tama, IA
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What is happening
At 449 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Toledo Municipal Airport, or over Toledo, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Marshalltown, Toledo, Traer,...
What the bulletin says to do
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for 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 building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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At 449 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Toledo Municipal Airport, or over Toledo, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Marshalltown, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Meskwaki Casino, Gladbrook, Le Grand, Garwin, Montour, Clutier, Haverhill, Ferguson, Green Mountain, Otter Creek Lake and Park, Tf Clark State Park, Marshalltown Municipal Airport, and Union Grove State Park.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 20 at 4:49PM CDT until July 20 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 20 at 3:56PM CDT until July 20 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Des Moines IA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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