SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 581 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 AM CDT THISMORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL IOWA

GRUNDY JASPER MARSHALL POLK POWESHIEK STORY TAMA

IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

CLARKE LUCAS MAHASKA MARION MONROE WARREN

IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

WAPELLO

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBIA, AMES, CARLISLE, CHARITON, CONRAD, DES MOINES, DIKE, DYSART, GLADBROOK, GRINNELL, GRUNDY CENTER, INDIANOLA, KNOXVILLE, MARSHALLTOWN, NEWTON, NORWALK, OSCEOLA, OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA, PELLA, REINBECK, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, AND WELLSBURG.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE.