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... Davenport, Maquoketa, Eldridge, DeWitt, Walcott, Preston, Long Grove, Grand Mound, Delmar, Calamus, Andrew, Charlotte, Donahue, McCausland, Welton, Springbrook, Spragueville, Hurstville, Dixon, and Stockton. This includes the following highways... Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 280 and 291. Interstate 280 near mile marker 1.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for east central Iowa. 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. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
