Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
844 WWUS83 KDMX 220649 SPSDMX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Des Moines IA 149 AM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024 IAZ007-017-220715- Cerro Gordo IA-Worth IA- 149 AM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WORTH AND CERRO GORDO COUNTIES THROUGH 215 AM CDT... At 148 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles northwest of Mason City Municipal Airport, or 11 miles east of Forest City, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and additional heavy rainfall of up to three more inches. At 135am...a 55 mph wind gust was recorded at the Forest City airport. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Ponding of water on roadways, low visibilities, and rises in small streams and creeks. Locations impacted include... Mason City, Northwood, Nora Springs, Manly, Mason City Municipal Airport, Rice Lake, Clear Lake, Ventura, Plymouth, Fertile, Kensett, Grafton, Hanlontown, Joice, Rock Falls, Burchinal, Portland, Bolan, McIntosh Woods State Park, and Clear Lake State Park. This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 184 and 218. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. If on or near a lake, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 4305 9302 4297 9350 4349 9350 4350 9303 TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 263DEG 32KT 4325 9340 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH $$ Small