NWS: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Johnson County, High Speed Winds and Heavy Rain (Until 4:45 p.m.)

via National Weather Service in the Quad Cities

Note: There is a tornado warning near Muscatine to the East of Iowa City.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON...NORTHWESTERN WARREN...SOUTHWESTERN ROCK ISLAND... MERCER...CEDAR...SOUTHEASTERN BENTON...NORTHEASTERN IOWA...NORTHERN JOHNSON...SOUTHERN LINN...MUSCATINE AND WESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 424 PM CDT

...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FAIRFAX TO FAIRPORT TO ROZETTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS. HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CEDAR RAPIDS...ALEDO...DURANT...TIPTON...MECHANICSVILLE...STANWOOD... DAVENPORT...ROCK ISLAND...LITTLE YORK...MILLERSBURG...WILTON... SHELLSBURG...ROCHESTER...PALO...BERTRAM...HIAWATHA...MONTPELIER... MOUNT VERNON...HAMLET AND LISBON.

 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.