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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
944 AM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025

IAZ007-017-091515-
Cerro Gordo IA-Worth IA-
944 AM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WORTH AND NORTHERN CERRO GORDO
COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 AM CDT...

At 943 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 5 miles north of Northwood to near Manly to 6
miles northwest of Rockwell. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and additional heavy rainfall of
         one to two inches.

SOURCE...Mason City Airport gusted to 50 mph.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Ponding of water on roadways, low
         visibilities, and rises in small streams and creeks.

Locations impacted include...
Mason City, Northwood, Nora Springs, Manly, Mason City Municipal
Airport, Clear Lake, Plymouth, Fertile, Kensett, Grafton, Hanlontown,
Rock Falls, Burchinal, Portland, Bolan, Clear Lake State Park, and
Northwood Municipal.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 186 and 218.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until noon CDT for
north central Iowa.

&&

LAT...LON 4309 9302 4300 9341 4326 9344 4350 9342
      4350 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 236DEG 37KT 4352 9318 4326 9317 4302 9330

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

Jimenez