IOWA, USA — The Local 5 Weather team forecasts storms firing off throughout afternoon and into the evening.
Large hail is the biggest threat to storms that form today; hailstones up to tennis ball or even bigger have already occurred or are possible thru the evening.
The tornado threat will be highest between 5 and 9 p.m. After that, damaging straight line winds will take over, especially in southern Iowa. Threat will wrap up around 1 or 2 a.m. from west to east.
A level 3/5 risk for severe weather is in effect on Sunday for all Iowa counties along and south of Highway 20.
You can read the full forecast here.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for the following counties Sunday:
- Adams (9:45 p.m.)
- Adair (9:45 p.m.)
- Madison (9:45 p.m.)
- Taylor (9:45 p.m.)
- Union (9:45 p.m.)
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for the following counties Sunday:
- Polk (until midnight Monday)
As hail pummeled parts of Iowa, traffic cams caught some of the sights.
Power Outages
These outages were updated at 9:45 p.m. Sunday. For real-time outages, visit the MidAmerican or Alliant website.
Reported MidAmerican outages
*Customers, by metro area
- Council Bluffs: 165
- Des Moines: 123
- Iowa City: 2482
- Quad Cities IA: 36
Total: 2781
Reported Alliant outages
*Customers, by county
- Cedar: 159
- Clinton: 100
- Des Moines: 765
- Henry: 404
- Iowa: 1
- Jasper: 41
- Johnson: 759
- Keokuk: 334
- Lee: 123
- Linn: 199
- Louisa: 87
- Marshall: 2
- Muscatine: 298
- Poweshiek: 15
- Scott: 2
- Story: 360
- Wapello: 1
- Washington: 375
Total: 6,798
