Severe Weather

5:30pm Update

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN LINN…SOUTHERN BUCHANAN AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE
COUNTIES…

AT 529 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR HOPKINTON…OR 14 MILES
NORTH OF ANAMOSA…MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM PRODUCED FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR INDEPENDENCE AROUND 500 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.

Elsewhere it’s sunny and very warm and humid. This storm does extend back west northwest into Bremer county. The squall line that was in Southern Minnesota has moved well into NE Iowa and is about to move into Wisconsin, only NE Clayton and SE Allamakee Counties are being effected by the west end of the squall line at this time.