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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 1:57 AM Aug. 8, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY...NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES... At 857 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hillsboro, or 10 miles southwest of Mount Pleasant, moving south at 25 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Salem, Hillsboro, St. Paul, Pilot Grove, Houghton, Mt Hamill, Round Prairie Park, Morris Park, and Glasgow. 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. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 1:55 AM Aug. 8, 2026 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 541 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST IOWA DES MOINES HENRY IA JEFFERSON KEOKUK LEE LOUISA VAN BUREN WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BURLINGTON, FAIRFIELD, KEOKUK, KEOSAUQUA, MOUNT PLEASANT, SIGOURNEY, WAPELLO, AND WASHINGTON.
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