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Dangerous Storms Approaching; Severe Weather Storm Warning for Linn and Johnson County
The National Weather Service advises that you take shelter as a dangerous storm with high wind approaches.
AT 1036 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VAN HORNE TO RIVERSIDE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...TRAINED
WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUT BUILDINGS.
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LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IOWA CITY...CEDAR RAPIDS...NEWHALL...WALFORD...CORALVILLE... UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS...OAKDALE...NORTH LIBERTY...SWISHER...FAIRFAX... ATKINS...SHUEYVILLE...LAKE MACBRIDE STATE PARK...ELY...SOLON... BERTRAM...MOUNT VERNON...LISBON...IOWA CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 248. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 23. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.
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