Packwood, IA Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HENRY...SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND EASTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

At 819 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Merrimac, or 11
miles northwest of Mount Pleasant, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Wayland, Brighton, Lockridge, Olds, Pleasant Plain, Coppock, Noble,
Perlee, East Pleasant Plain, Germanville, Merrimac, Mac Coon Access,
Salina, Trenton, 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.

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TORNADO...POSSIBLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 541 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

IOWA                  JOHNSON

IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

DES MOINES            HENRY IA              JEFFERSON
KEOKUK                LEE                   LOUISA
VAN BUREN             WASHINGTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BURLINGTON, FAIRFIELD, IOWA CITY,
KEOKUK, KEOSAUQUA, MARENGO, MOUNT PLEASANT, SIGOURNEY, WAPELLO,
AND WASHINGTON.