Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 15 at 9:43AM CDT until March 15 at 10:30AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 15, 2026 - 7:43am
Expires:
March 15, 2026 - 8:30am
Description:
At 942 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over West Branch,
moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tipton, West Branch, Stanwood, West Liberty, Lowden, Bennett,
Atalissa, Rochester, Buchanan, Clarence, Springdale, Cedar Valley,
Muscatine County Fairgrounds, Massillon Park, Cedar Bluff, Bennett
Park, Sunbury, Cedar Valley Park, Herbert Hoover National Historic
Site, and Tipton Matthews Airport.
This includes Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 254 and 278.
Instruction:
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 this storm.
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.
Area Description:
Cedar, IA; Muscatine, IA
Forcast Office:
NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov