Sunday, May 22, 2011

May 22: Tornado Emergency (Tornado Detected)- Iowa City, IA


...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL IOWA AND CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTIES...

AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR
OXFORD...OR 13 MILES WEST OF UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TIFFIN AROUND 335 PM CDT...
  OAKDALE...CORALVILLE AND NORTH 
LIBERTY AROUND 340 PM CDT...
  SUGAR BOTTOM CAMP GROUND...
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA...IOWA CITY AND
  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AROUND 345 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA 
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 245.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN 
MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A 
TORNADO AND REMAINS A THREAT.

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF
BALLS.

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