Hail Map for Afton, IA

Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near Afton, IA

Date / Time	Report Details
10/30/2024 2:53 PM CDT	The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for south central iowa.
10/30/2024 2:44 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
10/30/2024 2:44 PM CDT	At 244 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles northwest of macksburg to near thayer to 4 miles east of mt ayr municipal airport, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, mount ayr, sun valley lake, afton, lorimor, kellerton, tingley, arispe, shannon city, thayer, ellston, beaconsfield, creston municipal airport, and mt ayr municipal airport.
10/30/2024 2:32 PM CDT	At 231 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near green valley lake state park to shannon city to near delphos, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, mount ayr, sun valley lake, green valley lake, afton, orient, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, tingley, macksburg, cromwell, arispe, redding, shannon city, kent, thayer, ellston, benton, and maloy.
10/30/2024 2:28 PM CDT	At 228 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of green valley lake state park to near shannon city to redding, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, mount ayr, corning, bedford, lenox, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lake icaria, afton, orient, clearfield, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, prescott, blockton, gravity, tingley, nodaway, and macksburg.
10/30/2024 2:19 PM CDT	At 218 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near lake icaria to clearfield to near sheridan, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, mount ayr, corning, bedford, lenox, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lake icaria, afton, orient, clearfield, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, prescott, blockton, gravity, tingley, nodaway, and macksburg.
10/30/2024 2:14 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southwestern madison county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, ringgold county in south central iowa, adams county in southwestern iowa, taylor county in southwestern iowa, southeastern adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 300 pm cdt. * at 213 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from corning to near conway to near sheridan, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
9/19/2024 11:13 PM CDT	The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however, gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
9/19/2024 10:41 PM CDT	The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. remember, a severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect for portions of union, clarke, ringgold, and decatur counties.
9/19/2024 10:37 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern decatur county in south central iowa, southeastern union county in south central iowa, northeastern ringgold county in south central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, * until 1115 pm cdt. * at 1037 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near murray to near thayer to near shannon city, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
9/19/2024 10:23 PM CDT	At 1023 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lorimor to near afton to 4 miles east of creston municipal airport, moving southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, green valley lake, afton, murray, lorimor, cromwell, arispe, thayer, creston municipal airport, and green valley lake state park.
9/19/2024 10:23 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
9/19/2024 10:02 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern madison county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, east central adams county in southwestern iowa, northwestern clarke county in south central iowa, southeastern adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 1045 pm cdt. * at 1001 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near macksburg to 5 miles east of green valley lake to near creston, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
7/31/2024 6:50 PM CDT	At 649 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles northwest of hacklebarney woods county park to hepburn to northboro, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, corning, bedford, lenox, green valley lake, lake icaria, afton, new market, orient, clearfield, diagonal, prescott, blockton, gravity, tingley, nodaway, macksburg, cromwell, arispe, and sharpsburg.
7/31/2024 6:37 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southwestern madison county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, western ringgold county in south central iowa, adams county in southwestern iowa, taylor county in southwestern iowa, southern adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 730 pm cdt. * at 636 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northeast of red oak to 6 miles west of hepburn to 6 miles west of northboro, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
7/30/2024 10:56 AM CDT	The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however, gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 400 pm cdt for south central iowa. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.
7/30/2024 10:36 AM CDT	At 1036 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from woodburn to near osceola to near arispe, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, osceola, sun valley lake, lakeside casino, afton, murray, new virginia, diagonal, grand river, van wert, lucas, woodburn, tingley, weldon, arispe, shannon city, thayer, ellston, creston municipal airport, and murray roadside rest area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 21 and 44.
7/30/2024 10:36 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/30/2024 10:00 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, west central lucas county in south central iowa, northwestern decatur county in south central iowa, southern madison county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, northern ringgold county in south central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, southeastern adair county in southwestern iowa, southwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 1100 am cdt. * at 1000 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near truro to near lorimor to 4 miles west of green valley lake state park, moving southeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/25/2024 9:26 PM CDT	At 926 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near shannon city, or 11 miles north of mount ayr, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, creston, osceola, sun valley lake, afton, murray, grand river, van wert, decatur city, tingley, arispe, shannon city, thayer, ellston, beaconsfield, creston municipal airport, and murray roadside rest area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 12 and 33.
6/25/2024 8:53 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern decatur county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, northern ringgold county in south central iowa, southern clarke county in south central iowa, * until 945 pm cdt. * at 852 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near arispe to 4 miles northeast of grand river to near garden grove, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/24/2024 4:41 AM CDT	At 441 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over st. marys, or 9 miles west of indianola, moving east at 55 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, des moines, indianola, norwalk, winterset, osceola, carlisle, lakeside casino, avenue of the saints event center, afton, milo, murray, st. charles, new virginia, truro, martensdale, lorimor, cumming, lucas, woodburn, and patterson. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 66.
5/24/2024 4:34 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/24/2024 4:34 AM CDT	At 433 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near barnum to near boxholm to 5 miles southwest of minburn to near winterset, moving east at 55 mph (emergency management). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, fort dodge, waukee, boone, creston, perry, winterset, jefferson, adel, rockwell city, dakota city, humboldt, ogden, manson, stuart, dallas center, earlham, panora, de soto, and gowrie. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 89 and 117.
5/24/2024 4:24 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/24/2024 4:24 AM CDT	At 423 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near manson to dana to near linden to 4 miles north of macksburg, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, fort dodge, waukee, boone, creston, perry, winterset, jefferson, adel, greenfield, rockwell city, guthrie center, dakota city, humboldt, ogden, lake city, manson, stuart, dallas center, and earlham. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 117.
5/24/2024 4:21 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern lucas county in south central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, eastern adair county in southwestern iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 500 am cdt. * at 421 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast of macksburg, or 7 miles southwest of winterset, moving east at 55 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
5/24/2024 3:56 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, madison county in south central iowa, webster county in central iowa, southeastern pocahontas county in northwestern iowa, eastern audubon county in west central iowa, southeastern sac county in west central iowa, western boone county in central iowa, adair county in southwestern iowa, greene county in west central iowa, eastern cass county in southwestern iowa, union county in south central iowa, guthrie county in west central iowa, adams county in southwestern iowa, calhoun county in west central iowa, south central humboldt county in north central iowa, northeastern taylor county in southwestern iowa, eastern carroll county in west central iowa, western clarke county in south central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 445 am cdt. * at 355 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near sac city municipal airport to 4 miles southwest of ralston to 4 miles north of adair to 6 miles southeast of bridgewater, moving east at 55 mph (personal weather station near audubon reported 62 mph wind gust at 339 am). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/21/2024 3:55 PM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, southeastern madison county in south central iowa, eastern union county in south central iowa, north central ringgold county in south central iowa, northwestern clarke county in south central iowa, southwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 445 pm cdt. * at 354 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over arispe, or 11 miles southeast of creston, moving northeast at 75 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and half dollar size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, afton and thayer around 400 pm cdt. murray and lorimor around 405 pm cdt. truro and east peru around 410 pm cdt. st. charles around 415 pm cdt. avenue of the saints event center and st. marys around 420 pm cdt. indianola and lake ahquabi state park around 425 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include new virginia, truro, bevington, lake ahquabi state park, thayer, martensdale, shannon city, afton, patterson, and murray. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 40 and 65.
5/20/2024 12:41 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/20/2024 12:29 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/20/2024 12:29 AM CDT	At 1229 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near afton, or 9 miles east of creston, moving north at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, afton, lorimor, tingley, arispe, shannon city, and creston municipal airport.
5/20/2024 12:14 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, western decatur county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, ringgold county in south central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, * until 100 am cdt. * at 1213 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over mt ayr municipal airport, or over mount ayr, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/19/2024 8:23 PM CDT	At 823 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near exira to 5 miles south of casey to near lake of three fires state park, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, creston, greenfield, corning, guthrie center, bedford, stuart, lenox, green valley lake, lake icaria, anita, afton, adair, fontanelle, dexter, casey, new market, orient, diamondhead lake, clearfield, and menlo. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 70 and 98.
5/19/2024 8:09 PM CDT	At 808 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles west of brayton to 6 miles southeast of lake anita state park to 4 miles southeast of new market, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, creston, atlantic, greenfield, corning, guthrie center, bedford, stuart, lenox, griswold, green valley lake, lake icaria, anita, afton, exira, adair, fontanelle, dexter, lewis, casey, and new market. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 50 and 98.
5/19/2024 7:58 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, western madison county in south central iowa, cass county in southwestern iowa, western union county in south central iowa, southern guthrie county in west central iowa, southeastern audubon county in west central iowa, adams county in southwestern iowa, northwestern ringgold county in south central iowa, taylor county in southwestern iowa, adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 845 pm cdt. * at 758 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of marne to 4 miles north of massena to 6 miles south of new market, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/6/2024 10:54 PM CDT	The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however, gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a tornado watch remains in effect until 300 am cdt for central, south central, southwestern and west central iowa.
5/6/2024 10:09 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, western madison county in south central iowa, eastern cass county in southwestern iowa, western union county in south central iowa, guthrie county in west central iowa, eastern audubon county in west central iowa, adams county in southwestern iowa, western dallas county in central iowa, adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 1100 pm cdt. * at 1009 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles southwest of dedham to anita to 5 miles south of corning, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
4/30/2024 6:41 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern decatur county in south central iowa, southwestern madison county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, northeastern ringgold county in south central iowa, southwestern clarke county in south central iowa, southeastern adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 715 pm cdt. * at 641 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over green valley lake, or near creston, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/30/2024 6:03 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 6.8 miles S of Afton, IA, near rea rd and creamery rd. time estimated from radar.
4/30/2024 6:03 PM CDT	At 603 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over lorimor, or 14 miles northeast of creston, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, green valley lake, afton, murray, orient, lorimor, macksburg, thayer, murray roadside rest area, and green valley lake state park.
4/30/2024 5:58 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southwestern madison county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, northwestern clarke county in south central iowa, southeastern adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 630 pm cdt. * at 558 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of afton, or 10 miles east of creston, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/30/2024 5:54 PM CDT	Trees in roa in union county IA, 7.5 miles S of Afton, IA
4/27/2024 3:30 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for south central iowa.
4/27/2024 3:17 PM CDT	At 317 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over thayer, or 13 miles west of osceola, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, afton, murray, lorimor, tingley, arispe, shannon city, thayer, and murray roadside rest area.
4/27/2024 3:04 PM CDT	At 304 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near thayer, or 13 miles east of creston, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, afton, murray, lorimor, diagonal, tingley, arispe, shannon city, thayer, and murray roadside rest area.
4/27/2024 2:40 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, eastern union county in south central iowa, northwestern ringgold county in south central iowa, west central clarke county in south central iowa, * until 330 pm cdt. * at 239 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over shannon city, or 10 miles north of mount ayr, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/26/2024 8:25 PM CDT	The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until midnight cdt for south central and southwestern iowa.
4/26/2024 8:01 PM CDT	At 759 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located 5 miles north of afton, or 8 miles east of creston, moving northeast at 35 mph (emergency management confirmed tornado. at 758pm union county emergency management reported a tornado crossing 170th and palomino road). Hazards include damaging tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. Locations impacted include, afton and macksburg.
4/26/2024 7:43 PM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, southwestern madison county in south central iowa, central union county in south central iowa, western clarke county in south central iowa, southeastern adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 830 pm cdt. * at 743 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over creston municipal airport, or near creston, moving northeast at 35 mph (broadcast media confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely.
4/26/2024 7:28 PM CDT	At 727 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near afton, or 5 miles east of creston, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. Locations impacted include, creston, afton, diagonal, tingley, arispe, shannon city, kent, and creston municipal airport.
4/26/2024 7:28 PM CDT	the tornado warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
4/26/2024 7:06 PM CDT	At 705 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over creston, moving northeast at 40 mph (emergency management confirmed tornado. at 703pm union county emergency management reported a tornado near clover avenue and cromwell road). Hazards include damaging tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. Locations impacted include, creston, green valley lake, afton, cromwell, green valley lake state park, and creston municipal airport.
4/26/2024 6:56 PM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, union county in south central iowa, southeastern adams county in southwestern iowa, northwestern ringgold county in south central iowa, northeastern taylor county in southwestern iowa, * until 745 pm cdt. * at 656 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near lenox, or 14 miles southeast of corning, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, lenox and clearfield around 700 pm cdt. kent around 705 pm cdt. creston municipal airport around 715 pm cdt. afton around 720 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include arispe, kent, tingley, diagonal, creston municipal airport, shannon city, afton, and clearfield.
4/26/2024 6:54 PM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, northwestern union county in south central iowa, eastern adams county in southwestern iowa, southeastern adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 745 pm cdt. * at 654 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near kent, or 9 miles southwest of creston, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely.
7/17/2023 8:59 AM CDT	At 858 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over nodaway park, or 5 miles southwest of greenfield, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe thunderstorm will be near, orient around 905 am cdt. green valley lake and green valley lake state park around 910 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include macksburg, lorimor and thayer. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.
7/17/2023 6:04 AM CDT	At 604 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of green valley lake state park, or 8 miles northwest of creston, moving southeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, creston, green valley lake, afton, orient, prescott, cromwell, kent, green valley lake state park and creston municipal airport. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/17/2023 5:52 AM CDT	At 551 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near bridgewater, or 8 miles southwest of greenfield, moving south at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
7/12/2023 7:22 AM CDT	At 720 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles east of orient to near kent to near yorktown, moving southeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/30/2023 7:10 AM CDT	At 709 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from macksburg to lamoni, moving east at 50 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, davis city around 715 am cdt. leon, decatur city, pleasanton and nine eagles state park around 720 am cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include east peru, truro, avenue of the saints event center, st. charles, bevington, st. marys, clio, allerton, indianola, corydon, lake ahquabi state park and otter creek county park. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 56. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 70 mph.
6/30/2023 7:04 AM CDT	At 703 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near macksburg to near lamoni, moving east at 50 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, lamoni municipal airport around 710 am cdt. lorimor, davis city, decatur city and nine eagles state park around 715 am cdt. leon and pleasanton around 720 am cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include truro, east peru, avenue of the saints event center, st. charles, new virginia, st. marys, bevington, clio, allerton and lake ahquabi state park. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 56. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 60 mph.
6/30/2023 6:49 AM CDT	At 648 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from bridgewater to benton, moving northeast at 30 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, fontanelle, diagonal, mount ayr, orient, nodaway park, mt ayr municipal airport, greenfield, shannon city, greenfield municipal airport, tingley, ellston, sun valley lake and beaconsfield. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 60 mph.
6/30/2023 6:14 AM CDT	At 613 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles east of grant to 4 miles northwest of athelstan, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, blockton around 625 am cdt. redding around 630 am cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include bridgewater, maloy, benton, delphos, mount ayr, diagonal, mt ayr municipal airport, orient, nodaway park, greenfield, shannon city, greenfield municipal airport and tingley. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
6/29/2023 9:32 AM CDT	At 932 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of dexter to murray to near lamoni, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, winterset, greenfield, lamoni, stuart, earlham, sun valley lake, anita, afton, adair, murray, fontanelle, orient, lorimor, kellerton, grand river, davis city, decatur city, tingley, macksburg and arispe. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 2 and 18. interstate 80 between mile markers 77 and 99. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
6/29/2023 8:54 AM CDT	At 853 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles south of lake anita state park to near kent to blockton, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/17/2023 8:22 PM CDT	At 821 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over creston municipal airport, or near creston, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/7/2023 9:38 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for southwestern madison, northern union and southeastern adair counties will expire at 945 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however small hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight cdt for south central and southwestern iowa.
5/7/2023 9:27 PM CDT	At 926 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest of macksburg, or 8 miles northeast of creston, moving east at 5 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, creston, green valley lake, afton, orient, macksburg and green valley lake state park. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/7/2023 8:57 PM CDT	At 857 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near orient, or 7 miles north of creston, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/4/2023 7:42 PM CDT	At 741 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near greenfield municipal airport to 5 miles northwest of hopkins, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, bedford and gravity around 800 pm cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include lake of three fires state park, conway, blockton, clearfield, redding, maloy, delphos, benton and diagonal. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/4/2023 7:01 PM CDT	At 701 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near bedford municipal airport, or 6 miles south of bedford, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, bedford around 705 pm cdt. gravity and lake of three fires state park around 710 pm cdt. sharpsburg and conway around 715 pm cdt. clearfield around 720 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include lenox, kent, creston, cromwell, creston municipal airport, green valley lake, orient and green valley lake state park. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/4/2023 5:48 PM CDT	At 547 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over diagonal, or 9 miles northwest of mount ayr, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, arispe, ellston, afton, thayer, murray, lorimor and murray roadside rest area. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/4/2023 5:35 PM CDT	At 535 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near clearfield, or 12 miles west of mount ayr, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, diagonal around 545 pm cdt. tingley and shannon city around 555 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include arispe, ellston, afton, thayer, murray, lorimor and murray roadside rest area. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/27/2022 8:34 PM CDT	At 833 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles northeast of lake icaria to near creston to 8 miles west of mount ayr, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, creston, green valley lake and creston municipal airport around 840 pm cdt. orient, nodaway park and green valley lake state park around 845 pm cdt. greenfield, tingley and greenfield municipal airport around 850 pm cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include arispe, afton, macksburg, thayer, murray, lorimor, murray roadside rest area, winterset and winterset-madison county airport. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 98. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
6/7/2022 8:11 PM CDT	At 810 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of sun valley lake, or 14 miles east of creston, moving southeast at 55 mph (creston awos reported 68 mph gust). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, murray around 815 pm cdt. sun valley lake and murray roadside rest area around 820 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include grand river. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 60 mph.
6/7/2022 8:02 PM CDT	At 802 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of creston, moving southeast at 45 mph (creston awos gusted to 68 mph). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, afton around 805 pm cdt. arispe around 810 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include thayer, sun valley lake, murray, murray roadside rest area and grand river. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 60 mph.
6/7/2022 7:51 PM CDT	At 750 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near green valley lake, or near creston, moving southeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, afton and arispe around 800 pm cdt. lorimor around 805 pm cdt. murray and thayer around 810 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include sun valley lake, murray roadside rest area and grand river. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 27 and 41.
4/23/2022 7:03 PM CDT	At 703 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near greenfield to near creston to 11 miles west of sun valley lake, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, winterset, afton, murray, lorimor, tingley, east peru, macksburg, arispe, thayer, winterset-madison county airport and murray roadside rest area.
4/23/2022 6:57 PM CDT	3 to 4 inch diameter trees and metal shed outbuilding damaged 2.5 miles south of afto in union county IA, 2.9 miles N of Afton, IA
4/23/2022 6:56 PM CDT	At 656 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northwest of green valley lake to near creston to 9 miles northwest of mount ayr, moving east at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, winterset, green valley lake, sun valley lake, afton, murray, orient, lorimor, diagonal, tingley, east peru, macksburg, cromwell, arispe, shannon city, thayer, ellston, creston municipal airport, green valley lake state park and winterset-madison county airport.
4/23/2022 6:41 PM CDT	At 641 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near lake icaria to lenox to 7 miles north of athelstan, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
12/15/2021 5:57 PM CST	At 556 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near winterset to 6 miles west of lamoni, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include, creston, osceola, leon, mount ayr, lamoni, lenox, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lakeside casino, afton, murray, new virginia, clearfield, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, grand river, van wert, davis city and woodburn.
7/9/2021 8:27 AM CDT	At 826 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near green valley lake, or 8 miles northwest of creston, moving southeast at 25 mph (trained weather spotters. at 815 am, a trained weather spotter located 5 miles southeast of fontanelle reported hail to the size of golf balls that covered the ground). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, lenox, green valley lake, afton, orient, cromwell, arispe, shannon city, kent, green valley lake state park and creston municipal airport.
7/9/2021 8:09 AM CDT	At 809 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of greenfield, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/20/2021 4:53 PM CDT	At 453 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of sun valley lake, or 14 miles west of osceola, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/20/2021 4:34 PM CDT	Hen Egg sized hail reported 4.7 miles SSW of Afton, IA
6/20/2021 4:20 PM CDT	At 420 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of creston, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/19/2021 12:20 AM CDT	At 1219 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of creston, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern madison, eastern union, northeastern ringgold, west central clarke and southeastern adair counties, including the following locations, afton, murray, murray roadside rest area, lorimor and thayer.
6/18/2021 11:59 PM CDT	At 1159 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near green valley lake, or 7 miles north of creston, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will be near, creston around 1210 am cdt.
10/12/2020 12:41 AM CDT	At 1231 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near lakeside casino to 10 miles southeast of irena, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, osceola, leon, mount ayr, lamoni, sun valley lake, lakeside casino, afton, murray, new virginia, truro, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, grand river, van wert, garden grove, davis city, woodburn, decatur city and tingley.
10/12/2020 12:31 AM CDT	At 1231 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near lakeside casino to 10 miles southeast of irena, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, osceola, leon, mount ayr, lamoni, sun valley lake, lakeside casino, afton, murray, new virginia, truro, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, grand river, van wert, garden grove, davis city, woodburn, decatur city and tingley.
10/12/2020 12:31 AM CDT	At 1231 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near lakeside casino to 10 miles southeast of irena, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, osceola, leon, mount ayr, lamoni, sun valley lake, lakeside casino, afton, murray, new virginia, truro, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, grand river, van wert, garden grove, davis city, woodburn, decatur city and tingley.
10/12/2020 12:20 AM CDT	At 1219 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles west of lakeside casino to near grant city, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, osceola, greenfield, leon, mount ayr, lamoni, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lakeside casino, afton, murray, new virginia, truro, orient, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, grand river, van wert and garden grove.
10/12/2020 12:20 AM CDT	At 1219 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles west of lakeside casino to near grant city, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, osceola, greenfield, leon, mount ayr, lamoni, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lakeside casino, afton, murray, new virginia, truro, orient, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, grand river, van wert and garden grove.
10/11/2020 11:52 PM CDT	At 1152 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near green valley lake to 7 miles west of athelstan, moving east at 50 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/3/2020 6:13 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern union and western clarke counties will expire at 615 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm. remember, a severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect for far southern union county for large hail until 645 am cdt.
6/3/2020 6:07 AM CDT	At 606 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest of sun valley lake, or 13 miles southeast of creston, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, osceola, lakeside casino, afton, murray, arispe, thayer and murray roadside rest area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 31 and 39.
6/3/2020 5:55 AM CDT	At 555 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast of creston, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, osceola, lakeside casino, afton, murray, new virginia, truro, lorimor, east peru, arispe, thayer and murray roadside rest area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 32 and 48.
6/3/2020 5:42 AM CDT	At 541 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles east of creston, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, osceola, lakeside casino, afton, murray, new virginia, truro, lorimor, east peru, arispe, thayer, creston municipal airport and murray roadside rest area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 32 and 48.
6/3/2020 5:29 AM CDT	At 528 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of creston, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
7/3/2019 7:21 PM CDT	At 720 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near creston, and is nearly stationary (radar indicated. at 715pm a 67 mph gust was reported at the creston airport south of town). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/26/2019 12:41 AM CDT	At 1241 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near sun valley lake, or 9 miles northeast of mount ayr, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Locations impacted include, creston, mount ayr, sun valley lake, afton, diagonal, tingley, cromwell, arispe, shannon city, kent, ellston, creston municipal airport and mt ayr municipal airport.
6/26/2019 12:10 AM CDT	At 1210 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of creston, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
6/25/2019 11:44 PM CDT	At 1144 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near creston, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Locations impacted include, creston, green valley lake, afton, diagonal, cromwell, shannon city, kent, creston municipal airport and green valley lake state park.
6/25/2019 11:28 PM CDT	At 1128 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near creston, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
6/25/2019 10:33 PM CDT	At 1027 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near sun valley lake, or 12 miles east of mount ayr, moving southeast at 30 mph. additional storms near beaconsfield, diagonal and east of grantasena will move southeast through the warned area. frequent lightning and heavy rainfall will also occur with these storms (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, creston, osceola, leon, mount ayr, corning, lamoni, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lake icaria, lakeside casino, afton, murray, clearfield, diagonal, kellerton, prescott, grand river, van wert, davis city and decatur city. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 34.
6/25/2019 10:18 PM CDT	At 1016 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near sun valley lake, or 14 miles northeast of mount ayr, moving southeast at 30 mph. additional storms near murray, shannon city, lenox, and south of masena will move southeast through the warned area. frequent lightning and heavy rainfall will occur with these storms (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, creston, osceola, leon, mount ayr, corning, lamoni, lenox, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lake icaria, lakeside casino, afton, murray, clearfield, diagonal, kellerton, prescott, grand river, van wert and davis city. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 34.
6/25/2019 10:05 PM CDT	At 1001 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near sun valley lake, or 11 miles northeast of mount ayr, moving southeast at 30 mph. additional storms near shannon city, lenox, and south of masena will move southeast through the warned area. frequent lightning and heavy rainfall will occur with these storms (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
6/25/2019 9:51 PM CDT	At 948 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest of sun valley lake, or 13 miles southeast of creston, moving east at 30 mph. additional storms were located near kent, lenox and corning moving east southeast. heavy rainfall and frequent lightning is also likely with these storms (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Locations impacted include, creston, corning, lenox, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lake icaria, afton, murray, diagonal, kellerton, prescott, grand river, tingley, cromwell, arispe, shannon city, kent, thayer, ellston and carbon.
6/25/2019 9:26 PM CDT	At 926 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of creston, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
6/25/2019 8:52 PM CDT	At 852 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of sun valley lake, or 14 miles west of osceola, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. locations impacted include, osceola, leon, afton, murray, humeston, van wert, garden grove, weldon, derby, arispe, thayer, le roy and murray roadside rest area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 16 and 34.
6/25/2019 8:49 PM CDT	At 849 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of sun valley lake, or 14 miles east of creston, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
6/25/2019 6:04 PM CDT	At 604 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of creston, moving east at 40 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, afton, lorimor, arispe and thayer.
6/25/2019 5:50 PM CDT	At 550 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over creston, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/21/2019 10:52 PM CDT	At 1108 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles west of lakeside casino, or 12 miles northwest of osceola, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, murray, lorimor, east peru and thayer.
5/27/2019 5:56 AM CDT	At 555 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of green valley lake to near mount ayr, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, creston, mount ayr, sun valley lake, green valley lake, afton, orient, diagonal, kellerton, grand river, decatur city, tingley, macksburg, cromwell, arispe, shannon city, kent, thayer, ellston, beaconsfield and creston municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 11 and 15.
5/27/2019 5:35 AM CDT	At 534 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lake icaria to near irena, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/24/2019 6:23 AM CDT	At 623 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from winterset to lamoni, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, winterset, osceola, leon, lamoni, sun valley lake, lakeside casino, avenue of the saints event center, afton, murray, st. charles, new virginia, truro, martensdale, lorimor, kellerton, grand river, van wert, garden grove, davis city and decatur city. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 61.
5/24/2019 5:57 AM CDT	At 557 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near greenfield to 6 miles west of mount ayr, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
9/1/2018 5:45 AM CDT	At 545 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of sun valley lake, or 14 miles west of osceola, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/28/2018 11:57 AM CDT	At 1156 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near winterset to 9 miles northwest of lakeside casino to near sun valley lake, moving southeast at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. numerous reports of wind damage have occurred with these storms). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, creston, winterset, osceola, mount ayr, stuart, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lakeside casino, avenue of the saints event center, afton, murray, st. charles, truro, orient, lorimor, diagonal, kellerton, grand river, tingley and patterson. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 29 and 43.
6/28/2018 11:50 AM CDT	Kcci reports multiple tree branches down around town. town is without powe in union county IA, 0.2 miles ENE of Afton, IA
6/28/2018 11:37 AM CDT	At 1137 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of earlham to 10 miles northeast of green valley lake to near lenox, moving southeast at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. large branches down and winds estimated near 70 mph in greenfield. power out). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, creston, winterset, osceola, greenfield, mount ayr, stuart, lenox, sun valley lake, green valley lake, lakeside casino, avenue of the saints event center, lake icaria, afton, murray, st. charles, truro, orient, clearfield, lorimor and diagonal. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 29 and 42.
6/28/2018 11:26 AM CDT	At 1125 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of stuart to greenfield to near corning, moving southeast at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. these storms have a history of wind damage). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
6/11/2018 12:30 AM CDT	At 1230 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest of sun valley lake, or 10 miles southeast of creston, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, sun valley lake, afton, diagonal, tingley, arispe, shannon city, ellston and beaconsfield.
6/11/2018 12:21 AM CDT	At 1221 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of creston, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/2/2018 8:56 PM CDT	At 856 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northeast of lenox to 7 miles southeast of mount ayr, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, creston, leon, mount ayr, lamoni, sun valley lake, afton, diagonal, kellerton, grand river, van wert, garden grove, davis city, decatur city, tingley, weldon, arispe, shannon city, thayer, ellston and benton. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 27. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for south central iowa.
5/2/2018 8:43 PM CDT	At 842 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near lenox to 6 miles southeast of irena, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/2/2018 6:35 PM CDT	At 635 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of lakeside casino, or 8 miles west of osceola, moving east at 20 mph (trained weather spotters reported golf ball sized hail 1 mile west of murray). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, osceola, lakeside casino, afton, murray, thayer and murray roadside rest area. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 25 and 41. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for south central iowa.
5/2/2018 6:24 PM CDT	At 624 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of sun valley lake, or 12 miles west of osceola, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/13/2018 8:32 PM CDT	At 832 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast of green valley lake, or 11 miles northeast of creston, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
8/21/2017 3:30 AM CDT	At 330 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of lake icaria, or 10 miles northeast of corning, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/17/2017 3:40 PM CDT	At 339 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near greenfield to 10 miles southwest of winterset to 8 miles west of lakeside casino, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated. at 330pm 65 mph winds were reported by a department of transportation weather station near creston). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, winterset, greenfield, afton, murray, truro, orient, lorimor, east peru, macksburg, thayer, greenfield municipal airport and winterset-madison county airport. this includes interstate 35 near mile marker 42. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for south central and southwestern iowa.
5/17/2017 3:29 PM CDT	At 329 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near greenfield to 7 miles east of green valley lake to 8 miles north of sun valley lake, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated. at 320pm...60 mph winds were recorded at the creston airport). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/16/2017 11:37 PM CDT	At 1136 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of sun valley lake, or 13 miles southeast of creston, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, mount ayr, sun valley lake, afton, lorimor, diagonal, tingley, arispe, shannon city, thayer, ellston and beaconsfield.
5/16/2017 11:19 PM CDT	At 1118 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of lenox, or 11 miles northwest of mount ayr, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/10/2017 12:34 PM CDT	At 1234 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of sun valley lake, or 11 miles southwest of osceola, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, sun valley lake, afton, murray, grand river, tingley, arispe, shannon city, thayer, ellston and murray roadside rest area.
5/10/2017 12:13 PM CDT	At 1213 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast of creston, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
4/9/2017 11:36 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern union and northern ringgold counties will expire at 1145 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 am cdt for south central iowa.
4/9/2017 11:34 PM CDT	At 1134 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of sun valley lake, or 13 miles west of osceola, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
4/9/2017 11:10 PM CDT	At 1109 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of creston, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Locations impacted include, sun valley lake, afton, lorimor, diagonal, tingley, arispe, shannon city, thayer and ellston.
4/9/2017 10:57 PM CDT	At 1057 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near lenox, or 14 miles northwest of mount ayr, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
3/6/2017 6:39 PM CST	At 638 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of creston, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
7/18/2016 2:35 AM CDT	Large old tree was downe in union county IA, 0.2 miles ENE of Afton, IA
7/17/2016 8:40 AM CDT	At 839 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of creston, moving east at 30 mph (trained weather spotters reported trees down and farm equipment overturned southwest of kent). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, lenox, sun valley lake, afton, clearfield, diagonal, kellerton, prescott, tingley, arispe, shannon city, kent, thayer, ellston, beaconsfield and creston municipal airport.
7/17/2016 7:49 AM CDT	At 749 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near lenox, or 11 miles east of corning, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/13/2016 12:33 PM CDT	At 1232 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of creston, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, afton, lorimor, macksburg and thayer.
5/13/2016 12:22 PM CDT	At 1221 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of green valley lake, or 8 miles northeast of creston, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/27/2016 5:58 PM CDT	At 558 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles east of green valley lake to 13 miles east of creston to 4 miles north of sun valley lake, moving north at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, creston, winterset, avenue of the saints event center, afton, murray, st. charles, truro, lorimor, east peru, macksburg, arispe, shannon city, thayer, creston municipal airport and murray roadside rest area. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 42 and 43. A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for southwestern iowa.
4/27/2016 5:42 PM CDT	At 542 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles southeast of creston to 6 miles west of sun valley lake to 7 miles northeast of mount ayr, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
11/11/2015 2:30 PM CST	At 229 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles north of green valley lake to 14 miles east of creston, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings.
11/11/2015 2:19 PM CST	At 218 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of mount ayr, moving northeast at 75 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. locations impacted include, afton, diagonal, tingley, arispe and shannon city. A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 pm cst for south central iowa.
11/11/2015 2:10 PM CST	At 209 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of mount ayr, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs. Siding and trees.
8/2/2015 7:38 PM CDT	At 738 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of creston, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, green valley lake, sun valley lake, afton, diagonal, tingley, cromwell, arispe, shannon city, kent, ellston, beaconsfield, green valley lake state park and creston municipal airport.
8/2/2015 7:09 PM CDT	At 709 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near creston, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
8/2/2015 7:09 PM CDT	At 709 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near creston, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
8/2/2015 6:47 PM CDT	At 646 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near creston, moving south at 30 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, green valley lake, afton, murray, lorimor, diagonal, tingley, cromwell, arispe, shannon city, kent, thayer, green valley lake state park, murray roadside rest area and creston municipal airport.
8/2/2015 6:26 PM CDT	At 626 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles south of winterset to 4 miles west of green valley lake, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
7/25/2015 2:30 AM CDT	At 230 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles west of corning to 5 miles southwest of hopkins, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, corning and lake icaria around 245 am cdt. lenox around 300 am cdt. creston around 315 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include sharpsburg, diagonal, new market, prescott, cromwell, tingley, benton, gravity, clearfield and shannon city.
6/10/2015 6:26 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for union county will expire at 630 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
6/10/2015 6:18 PM CDT	At 618 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of creston, moving northeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. Locations impacted include, creston, green valley lake, afton, lorimor, cromwell, thayer, creston municipal airport and green valley lake state park.
6/10/2015 5:46 PM CDT	At 545 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near creston, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
2/20/2014 10:13 AM CST	Quarter sized hail reported 5.8 miles NNE of Afton, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Kcci schoolnet in union county IA, 0.9 miles W of Afton, IA