…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLINTON COUNTY…
AT 229 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY JUST
WEST OF WELTON…OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA…MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
DEWITT AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE AROUND 245 PM CDT…
MALONE AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOOSE LAKE AROUND 255 PM CDT…
ELVIRA AROUND 300 PM CDT…
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
After this update was written a funnel cloud was sighted by Iowa State Patrol at 2:36 one mile west or Welton or about 5 miles NW of DeWitt. Also earlier a report of debris lifting into the air and “flying about” was recieved from the intersection of US Hwy 61 and IA Hwy 136.