Tornado-warned storms return to flooded Midwest

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Severe thunderstorms roared through the Midwest on July 2, prompting tornado warnings in places like Iowa.

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00:00Aside from the tropics, we are tracking a tornado threat through eastern parts of Iowa.

00:04Here we have the area around the northern part of Iowa.

00:08We have a confirmed tornado. This just went over to confirmed here in real time,

00:12just right now near Iowa City. And the area off to the east

00:16in the radar site from Davenport is going to give us a good view of this.

00:20And again, just a new report of radar confirmed tornado

00:24here for Cedar County, Johnson County, also into areas

00:28around Washington County of Iowa and Muscatine County

00:32of Iowa. So Iowa City is the biggest city in this area.

00:36And the radar signature here is showing strong movement away from the radar

00:40site in the red and green is the opposite of that. So the

00:44most likely area of a tornado would be very close to Iowa City. So if you're in Iowa City,

00:48take shelter. If you're in Iowa City or points south to near Kelowna

00:52near West Liberty. This is also a destructive severe thunderstorm warning

00:56that is running concurrent with this. So there's some fierce straight line winds, but also

01:00the risk of a tornado. And again, here just looking at the leading edge

01:04of this here, we are facing some very strong wind racing into

01:08West Liberty, but also the risk is there for a tornado on the north side of that.

01:12So again, this may be a bookend vortex that we often face

01:16when we have screaming straight line winds that really accelerate

01:20and then kind of on the backside, almost like a wingtip vortex there.

01:24You might see with an airplane, the risk is there for a tornado near Iowa City.

01:28So elsewhere, we do have some other strong storms. And

01:32as I pull this map southward, we can bring up the more comprehensive

01:36radar view down into areas near Ottumwa. Severe thunderstorms into

01:40Mercer County of Missouri. Other areas here facing some strong storms near

01:44St. Joseph, Missouri. Also into Wichita. Also the destructive

01:48thunderstorm warning here into parts of northern Oklahoma and Grant and Alfalfa County.

01:52So we do have a lot of different concerns here on the map. And

01:56overall, the risk continues for this storm to produce a lot of

02:00damage. Trailer blown over on Highway 22 near Kelowna in

02:04Iowa. And that was at 543, so

02:08about a half hour ago, a little less than that, 543 central time.

02:12So again, some indications of some severe damage being dealt by this storm.

02:16And as I turn the reports off, you can see that we are dealing with again

02:20a storm continuing to move east with the risk of an isolated tornado here.

02:24Radar confirmed tornado is what the National Weather Service is indicating

02:28here. With this eastbound storm, an aggressive one, moving through

02:32Iowa City. And just wanted to look at the most recent radar frame here for the

02:36velocity scan. Still showing us some very strong

02:40movement away from the radar site, but screaming inbound wind here. And that

02:44risk of a tornado is present near Iowa City and moving to

02:48the east with some strong straight line winds off to the south. So it does look like

02:52a bookend vortex type situation. Screaming straight line winds and the risk

02:56of a tornado on the north side of this here near Iowa City.

03:00As we take a look at the bigger picture here, our ongoing watches continue.

03:04We have a severe thunderstorm watch or two and a tornado watch that does continue

03:08here into parts of eastern Iowa, northern Missouri, and down into Kansas

03:12as well. And damaging wind, flooding are the biggest concerns here, but also

03:16the risk of a tornado is present.

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