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Large hail, tornado threat, power outages across eastern Iowa
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Large hail, tornado threat, power outages across eastern Iowa

  • April 18, 2026

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Large hail has been reported across multiple eastern Iowa towns Friday as severe weather moves through the region.

Tornado Warnings are now in effect throughout the TV9 viewing area as of 3:53 p.m. A Tornado Watch is in effect for the entire TV9 viewing area until 8:00 p.m.

Hundreds of customers power went out in the following counties, according to PowerOutage.us:

645 customers are without power in Wapello County439 customers are without power in Clayton County 341 customers are without power Delaware County 810 customers are without power in Jones County159 customers without power in Tama County 109 customers without power in Linn County113 customers without power in Keokuk County 144 customers without power in Wayne County180 customers without power in Washington County227 customers without power in Lee County

As far as the types of severe weather we could experience, all of the severe storm hazards are on the table. The risk for tornadoes is slightly higher in the northeast portion of the viewing area.

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