⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Benton; Linn; Jones; Jackson; Iowa; Johnson; Cedar; Clinton; Scott – Wednesday, November 11, 2026

A cluster of strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Scott, western Clinton, southern Linn, northeastern Iowa, southeastern Benton, southwestern Jackson, northern Cedar, southern Jones and northern Johnson Counties through 730 AM CST

Details

At 648 AM CST, trained weather spotters reported a strong
thunderstorm over Mount Vernon, or 10 miles east of Cedar Rapids,
moving east at 30 mph. Other strong storms were located near Olin
and near Solon.

HAZARD…Penny size hail.

SOURCE…Trained weather spotters with several reports of pea to
nickel size hail from these storms clusters. A few reports
of small hail covering the ground.

IMPACT…Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include…
Cedar Rapids, Maquoketa, Anamosa, Tipton, Mechanicsville, Stanwood,
Marion, Hiawatha, Mount Vernon, Robins, Lisbon, Fairfax, Solon, Ely,
Atkins, Walford, Springville, Palo, Swisher, and Lowden.

This includes Interstate 380 between mile markers 9 and 27.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.