Severe Weather

Clinton Tornado Warning Update

…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.