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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
512 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

IAC075-083-099-125-127-153-169-181-212230-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0114.000000T0000Z-240521T2230Z/
Polk IA-Story IA-Marshall IA-Hardin IA-Marion IA-Grundy IA-Jasper IA-
Warren IA-
512 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN POLK...EASTERN STORY...MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN...
NORTHWESTERN MARION...SOUTHWESTERN GRUNDY...JASPER AND EASTERN WARREN
COUNTIES...

At 511 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Steamboat Rock to Reasnor, moving northeast at 65
mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

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...
Marshalltown, Newton, Altoona, Pleasant Hill, Nevada, Grundy Center,
Carlisle, Bondurant, Mitchellville, Colfax, Monroe, Pleasantville,
Prairie City, State Center, Conrad, Baxter, Adventureland Amusement
Park, Iowa Speedway, Prairie Meadows, and Rock Creek Lake.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 180.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for central and
south 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.

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LAT...LON 4116 9351 4209 9351 4241 9276 4158 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 226DEG 57KT 4246 9305 4157 9304

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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