Varningar, Anita Public Library

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 18 at 1:47PM CDT until June 18 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 434 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL IOWA WEBSTER IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA CERRO GORDO HANCOCK HUMBOLDT KOSSUTH WINNEBAGO WORTH WRIGHT IN NORTHWEST IOWA EMMET PALO ALTO POCAHONTAS IN SOUTHWEST IOWA CASS IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL CRAWFORD SAC THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGONA, ATLANTIC, AUDUBON, BELMOND, BRITT, CARROLL, CLARION, CLEAR LAKE, DENISON, EAGLE GROVE, EARLY, EMMETSBURG, ESTHERVILLE, EXIRA, FONDA, FOREST CITY, FORT DODGE, GARNER, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, KANAWHA, LAKE CITY, LAKE MILLS, LAKE VIEW, LAURENS, MANLY, MANSON, MASON CITY, NORTHWOOD, ODEBOLT, POCAHONTAS, POMEROY, ROCKWELL CITY, ROLFE, SAC CITY, SCHALLER, AND WALL LAKE. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY. SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE. PROBABILITY TABLE: PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 20% PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : 10% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 70% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 20% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 50% PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 30% PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 90% MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : E 35