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Update on the SE Storm

The Quad Cities NWS Office has issued a Special Weather Statement on the storm that is currently severe in Wapello County (Which is in the Des Moines NWS Office CWA)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES…

IN IOWA
LEE…VAN BUREN…JEFFERSON…HENRY…WASHINGTON AND KEOKUK

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ABINGDON…BATAVIA…BIRMINGHAM…BRIGHTON…COPPOCK…DELTA…
FAIRFIELD…HAYESVILLE…HEDRICK…HILLSBORO…LIBERTYVILLE…
LOCKRIDGE…MARTINSBURG…MOUNT PLEASANT…PACKWOOD…PILOT
GROVE…PLEASANT PLAIN…RICHLAND…ROME…SALEM…SIGOURNEY…
ST. PAUL…STOCKPORT…WASHINGTON AND WAYLAND

AT 1229 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF ABINGDON…OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF
OTTUMWA…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GLASGOW AND WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH…RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR
AND HAIL ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

ALSO…INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF
OUTDOORS…STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS…STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS
AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG
UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.