BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
709 AM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Buchanan County in northeastern Iowa...
East central Benton County in east central Iowa...
Jones County in east central Iowa...
Delaware County in northeastern Iowa...
Linn County in east central Iowa...
* Until 830 AM CDT.
* At 708 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Hazleton to near Independence to Minne Estema Park,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Manchester, Marion, Hiawatha, Dyersville,
Monticello, Robins, Center Point, Cascade, Central City,
Springville, Palo, Shellsburg, Edgewood, Winthrop, Earlville,
Walker, Olin, and Alburnett.
This includes Interstate 380 between mile markers 24 and 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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LAT...LON 4230 9113 4229 9090 4195 9090 4195 9136
4193 9137 4211 9195 4238 9173 4264 9173
4265 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1208Z 289DEG 46KT 4262 9190 4242 9190 4225 9201
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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