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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
520 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-
520 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

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

At 520 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Aplington to near Kellogg, 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, Grundy Center, Mitchellville, Colfax, Monroe,
Pleasantville, Prairie City, State Center, Conrad, Baxter, Iowa
Speedway, Rock Creek Lake, Lake Red Rock, Le Grand, Melbourne, Sully,
Milo, Hartford, and Kellogg.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 150 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 4222 9320 4241 9276 4158 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 226DEG 57KT 4256 9291 4167 9290

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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