Hail Map for Ames, IA

Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near Ames, IA

Date / Time	Report Details
7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT	At 850 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to near valeria to 4 miles east of pleasantville, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, indianola, altoona, waukee, boone, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, knoxville, nevada, windsor heights, and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 125. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 173. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/31/2024 8:33 PM CDT	At 831 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from sheldahl to ankeny regional airport to near pleasant hill to hartford, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 65 mph wind gusts. the des moines airport gusted to 66 mph. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 111. interstate 80 between mile markers 108 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
7/31/2024 8:33 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/31/2024 8:27 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, southwestern marshall county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, marion county in south central iowa, jasper county in central iowa, southern boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 915 pm cdt. * at 825 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of woodward to near margo frankel woods state park to milo, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 65 mph wind gusts. the des moines airport gusted to 66 mph. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/31/2024 8:15 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/31/2024 8:15 PM CDT	At 814 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to near urbandale to southridge mall to near spring hill, moving northeast 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, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, and polk city. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 111. interstate 80 between mile markers 99 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
7/31/2024 7:54 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, southeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, eastern adair county in southwestern iowa, dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 845 pm cdt. * at 754 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of minburn to near de soto to 4 miles southeast of badger creek state park to near st. charles, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/30/2024 9:23 AM CDT	At 922 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near kelley to polk city to near de soto, moving southeast at 40 mph (radar indicated. several weather stations have reported winds of 50 to 55 mph with these storms). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, nevada, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, and polk city. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 61 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 123. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 148. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
7/30/2024 9:23 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/30/2024 8:53 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, northeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, northwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 1000 am cdt. * at 853 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from fraser to 4 miles north of bouton to near panora, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/30/2024 2:53 AM CDT	At 252 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles south of roland to 4 miles northwest of maxwell to 5 miles east of elkhart to near altoona to 4 miles southeast of southridge mall, moving southeast at 50 mph (automated systems. at 247 am, a measured wind gust of 59 mph was reported at the des moines international airport). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, nevada, carlisle, bondurant, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, maxwell and colo around 255 am cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include swan, sandyville, prairie city krohn airport, monroe, pleasantville, baxter and rhodes.
7/30/2024 2:38 AM CDT	At 238 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northwest of gilbert to ames municipal airport to near alleman to ankeny regional airport to walnut woods state park, moving southeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, ames, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, nevada, carlisle, bondurant, indianola, hartford, runnells, collins, mingo, valeria, colfax, prairie city, colo, ackworth, swan, sandyville, prairie city krohn airport, pleasantville, baxter, rhodes and monroe.
7/30/2024 2:38 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/30/2024 2:23 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, southwestern marshall county in central iowa, southeastern webster county in central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, western jasper county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 315 am cdt. * at 222 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles southeast of stratford to near boone municipal airport to 4 miles northeast of madrid to near saylorville lake to near waukee, moving southeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive and norwalk around 230 am cdt. altoona, pleasant hill, nevada, bondurant, southridge mall, adventureland amusement park, iowa state fairgrounds and prairie meadows around 235 am cdt. carlisle and roland around 240 am cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include indianola, mitchellville, maxwell, spring hill, valeria, colfax, colo, hartford, runnells, collins, mingo, ackworth, prairie city, swan, sandyville, prairie city krohn airport, pleasantville, baxter, rhodes and monroe.
7/28/2024 8:14 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, story county in central iowa, eastern boone county in central iowa, * until 900 pm cdt. * at 814 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone municipal airport, or 5 miles east of boone, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/15/2024 5:15 PM CDT	At 514 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cambridge, or 8 miles south of nevada, moving southeast 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, ames, marshalltown, boone, nevada, story city, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, state center, roland, baxter, gilbert, iowa state center, big creek lake, boone speedway, saylorville lake, maxwell, colo, and melbourne. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 126.
7/15/2024 5:01 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, western marshall county in central iowa, northern jasper county in central iowa, eastern boone county in central iowa, * until 530 pm cdt. * at 501 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving southeast 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.
6/4/2024 7:31 PM CDT	At 731 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near alleman, or 8 miles north of ankeny, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, big creek lake, iowa state center, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, big creek state park, and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 93 and 113.
6/4/2024 7:06 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 745 pm cdt. * at 705 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 12 miles north of grimes, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/4/2024 6:17 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, western story county in central iowa, central boone county in central iowa, * until 700 pm cdt. * at 617 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over boone, 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.
5/24/2024 5:21 AM 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 1000 am cdt for central iowa. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines . remember, a severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect and a tornado warning remains in effect for northeast story county.
5/24/2024 5:18 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern poweshiek county in central iowa, eastern polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, marshall county in central iowa, hardin county in central iowa, western tama county in central iowa, wright county in north central iowa, franklin county in north central iowa, grundy county in central iowa, western butler county in north central iowa, northern jasper county in central iowa, hamilton county in central iowa, * until 615 am cdt. * at 517 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northwest of big wall lake to near mccallsburg to near mingo, 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.
5/24/2024 5:09 AM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, northern story county in central iowa, northwestern marshall county in central iowa, south central hardin county in central iowa, * until 545 am cdt. * at 509 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near nevada, moving northeast at 40 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, nevada around 515 am cdt. zearing and mccallsburg around 520 am cdt. st. anthony around 530 am cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include zearing, st. anthony, clemons, new providence, mccallsburg, and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 122.
5/24/2024 5:07 AM CDT	Large tree snapped on s duff on the south edge of town. time and location estimated with radar. relayed with social medi in story county IA, 1.7 miles NW of Ames, IA
5/24/2024 5:07 AM CDT	the tornado warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/24/2024 5:07 AM CDT	At 506 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over ames municipal airport, or over ames, moving east at 40 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. this dangerous storm will be near, ames and ames municipal airport around 510 am cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include ames municipal airport, kelley, and cambridge. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 105 and 119.
5/24/2024 5:06 AM CDT	At 506 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woolstock to 4 miles east of gilbert to adventureland amusement park, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, fort dodge, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, webster city, nevada, clarion, windsor heights, carlisle, and bondurant. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 66 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 152. interstate 80 between mile markers 117 and 156. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
5/24/2024 5:06 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/24/2024 4:46 AM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, northwestern polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 530 am cdt. * at 445 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near ledges state park, or 9 miles south of boone, moving east at 40 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. this dangerous storm will be near, madrid, luther, and ledges state park around 450 am cdt. kelley around 455 am cdt. ames, iowa state center, and ames municipal airport around 500 am cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include kelley, luther, ledges state park, ames municipal airport, sheldahl, and cambridge. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 105 and 119.
5/24/2024 4:40 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, northern madison county in south central iowa, webster county in central iowa, southern wright county in north central iowa, western jasper county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, hamilton county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, northeastern calhoun county in west central iowa, southeastern humboldt county in north central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 530 am cdt. * at 439 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lizard creek state recreation area to near ogden to near waukee, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/21/2024 4:51 PM CDT	At 451 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near mccallsburg to milo, moving northeast at 60 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, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city, huxley, saylorville, and mitchellville. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 130 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 3 and 14.
5/21/2024 4:51 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/21/2024 4:34 PM CDT	At 434 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over johnston, moving northeast at 50 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. this dangerous storm will be near, ankeny, polk city, huxley, slater, big creek lake, saylorville lake, elkhart and alleman around 440 pm cdt. cambridge and kelley around 445 pm cdt. ames around 450 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, elkhart, kelley, cambridge, sheldahl and alleman. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 107. Interstate 80 between mile markers 127 and 129.
5/21/2024 4:19 PM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, northern polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 500 pm cdt. * at 418 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near adel, moving northeast at 45 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. this dangerous storm will be near, urbandale, clive, waukee, and grimes around 425 pm cdt. johnston, granger, and saylorville lake around 430 pm cdt. ankeny, polk city, big creek lake, and big creek state park around 435 pm cdt. alleman around 440 pm cdt. sheldahl around 445 pm cdt. huxley and cambridge around 450 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, elkhart, kelley, cambridge, sheldahl, and alleman. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 107. Interstate 80 near mile marker 111, and between mile markers 127 and 129.
5/21/2024 4:11 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern lucas county in south central iowa, polk county in central iowa, northwestern decatur county in south central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern madison county in south central iowa, eastern union county in south central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 515 pm cdt. * at 410 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles west of granger to near grand river, moving northeast at 60 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.
5/8/2024 8:10 PM CDT	At 810 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near kelley, or 6 miles southwest of ames, 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, ames, nevada, eldora, story city, huxley, roland, gilbert, iowa state center, hubbard, cambridge, alden, zearing, radcliffe, mccallsburg, kelley, new providence, randall, luther, buckeye, and garden city. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 103 and 133.
5/8/2024 7:36 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, story county in central iowa, hardin county in central iowa, northeastern boone county in central iowa, southeastern hamilton county in central iowa, * until 830 pm cdt. * at 736 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or 5 miles northwest of ames, 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.
5/8/2024 6:55 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern story county in central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, northeastern boone county in central iowa, southeastern hamilton county in central iowa, * until 745 pm cdt. * at 655 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or 8 miles north of ames, 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.
4/30/2024 7:01 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
4/30/2024 7:01 PM CDT	At 700 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over zearing, or 11 miles northeast of nevada, moving east at 65 mph (trained weather spotters). 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, ames, marshalltown, nevada, eldora, story city, huxley, state center, roland, colo, hubbard, melbourne, cambridge, zearing, albion, union, mccallsburg, rhodes, liscomb, new providence, and haverhill. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 105 and 128.
4/30/2024 6:48 PM CDT	At 647 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near ames, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters reported quarter size hail in ames). 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, ames, marshalltown, nevada, eldora, story city, huxley, slater, state center, roland, gilbert, iowa state center, colo, hubbard, melbourne, cambridge, zearing, albion, union, mccallsburg, and kelley. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 104 and 128.
4/30/2024 6:43 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 2.4 miles E of Ames, IA, up to quarter sized hail.
4/30/2024 6:24 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, story county in central iowa, marshall county in central iowa, southern hardin county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, southeastern hamilton county in central iowa, * until 715 pm cdt. * at 624 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ledges state park, or near boone, moving east at 65 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/16/2024 12:19 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
4/16/2024 12:19 PM CDT	At 1218 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles west of kanawha to 4 miles southeast of big wall lake to near drake airport to near zearing, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, webster city, nevada, iowa falls, clarion, eldora, eagle grove, story city, huxley, belmond, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, elm lake, iowa state center, big wall lake, maxwell, colo, hubbard, and cambridge. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 98 and 171.
4/16/2024 12:04 PM CDT	At 1203 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near hardy to near kamrar to near roland to near nevada, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, fort dodge, johnston, boone, webster city, nevada, iowa falls, clarion, eldora, eagle grove, story city, polk city, huxley, belmond, slater, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, and elm lake. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 98 and 171.
4/16/2024 11:41 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, northwestern marshall county in central iowa, hardin county in central iowa, eastern webster county in central iowa, wright county in north central iowa, western franklin county in north central iowa, eastern humboldt county in north central iowa, northeastern boone county in central iowa, hamilton county in central iowa, * until 1245 pm cdt. * at 1140 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near lehigh to 6 miles northeast of fraser to near kelley to alleman, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts with brief tornadoes possible. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
10/13/2023 3:33 PM CDT	At 333 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over gilbert, or near ames, moving north at 20 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, story city and gilbert around 340 pm cdt.
10/13/2023 3:25 PM CDT	At 324 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over ames, moving north at 15 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, ames and gilbert around 330 pm cdt. Story city around 350 pm cdt.
7/12/2023 8:05 AM CDT	At 805 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over lake ahquabi state park, or 7 miles south of indianola, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of polk, story, madison, northeastern union, eastern boone, clarke, eastern dallas and warren counties, including the following locations, truro, lake ahquabi state park, spring hill, martensdale, otter creek county park, maxwell, cambridge and lorimor. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 107 and 146. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/12/2023 7:41 AM CDT	At 740 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, east peru around 745 am cdt. truro and patterson around 750 am cdt. avenue of the saints event center, st. charles, martensdale, st. marys and bevington around 755 am cdt. new virginia around 800 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include lake ahquabi state park and otter creek county park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 96 and 146. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
6/24/2023 9:06 AM CDT	Tree branch fell on car parked in street. report relayed by who media via social media. time estimated by rada in story county IA, 1.3 miles WSW of Ames, IA
5/7/2023 3:20 PM CDT	At 320 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over zearing, or 10 miles northeast of nevada, moving east at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). 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, clemons and st. anthony. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 114 and 117, and between mile markers 119 and 120. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, observed max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/7/2023 3:10 PM CDT	Tennis Ball sized hail reported 2.5 miles SSE of Ames, IA
5/7/2023 3:10 PM CDT	Hen Egg sized hail reported 1.8 miles SSE of Ames, IA, 1.0 to 2.0 inch hail.
5/7/2023 3:10 PM CDT	Tennis Ball sized hail reported 2.3 miles S of Ames, IA, image submitted via twitter.
5/7/2023 3:08 PM CDT	Golf Ball sized hail reported 3.1 miles SSE of Ames, IA, image submitted via social media.
5/7/2023 3:07 PM CDT	Half Dollar sized hail reported 2.1 miles SE of Ames, IA
5/7/2023 3:06 PM CDT	At 306 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over roland, or 9 miles north of nevada, moving east at 35 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. this severe storm will be near, mccallsburg and garden city around 315 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include zearing, st. anthony and clemons. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 113 and 130. hail threat, observed max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/7/2023 2:56 PM CDT	At 256 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over story city, or 9 miles north of ames, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, roland around 305 pm cdt. mccallsburg and garden city around 310 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include zearing, clemons and st. anthony. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 113 and 130. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/19/2023 10:45 PM CDT	At 1044 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near colo, or 8 miles northeast of nevada, moving east at 35 mph (emergency management). 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. this severe storm will be near, st. anthony around 1050 pm cdt. state center and clemons around 1055 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include zearing, kelley, ames municipal airport, st. anthony, maxwell, clemons, cambridge and mccallsburg. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 101 and 120.
4/19/2023 10:23 PM CDT	At 1022 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cambridge, or 6 miles southwest of nevada, moving northeast at 40 mph (emergency management). 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. this severe storm will be near, nevada around 1030 pm cdt. colo around 1040 pm cdt. mccallsburg around 1050 pm cdt. zearing, clemons and st. anthony around 1055 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include zearing, kelley, ames municipal airport, alleman, st. anthony, maxwell, clemons and cambridge. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 121.
4/19/2023 10:10 PM CDT	At 1009 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 9 miles north of ankeny, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, cambridge around 1015 pm cdt. ames municipal airport around 1020 pm cdt. nevada and maxwell around 1025 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include colo, mccallsburg, zearing, clemons and st. anthony. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 121.
3/31/2023 2:57 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 0.8 miles ESE of Ames, IA, report from mping: quarter (1.00 in.).
3/31/2023 2:56 PM CDT	Half Dollar sized hail reported 2.9 miles E of Ames, IA, some siding damage.
3/31/2023 2:55 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.9 miles ENE of Ames, IA, report from mping: quarter (1.00 in.).
3/31/2023 2:53 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.9 miles ENE of Ames, IA, report from mping: quarter (1.00 in.).
3/31/2023 2:53 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 4 miles ESE of Ames, IA, very strong winds.
3/31/2023 2:52 PM CDT	Half Dollar sized hail reported 0.5 miles NNE of Ames, IA
3/31/2023 2:52 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.2 miles NNE of Ames, IA, report from mping: quarter (1.00 in.).
3/31/2023 2:50 PM CDT	Golf Ball sized hail reported 1.9 miles ENE of Ames, IA, golf ball sized hail covering the ground.
3/31/2023 2:50 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 2.1 miles SE of Ames, IA
3/31/2023 2:50 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 2.4 miles E of Ames, IA, hail started about 2:50pm and lasted until 2:54pm. largest hailstones were almost 1 inch in diameter. accumulated in drifts due to strong winds from the south. also acc
3/31/2023 2:47 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 3.8 miles ENE of Ames, IA, via email. time estimated from radar.
7/11/2022 5:15 AM CDT	At 513 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near story city to near nevada to 7 miles southeast of huxley, moving east at 50 mph (broadcast media. at 508 am cdt a local tv station reported large tree branches down in ames, with 58 mph winds at the airport). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, story city, huxley, madrid, ogden, slater, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, woodward, iowa state center, boone speedway, maxwell, colo, cambridge, stratford, zearing and ellsworth. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/11/2022 5:08 AM CDT	Large tree limbs down in west ame in story county IA, 2.4 miles E of Ames, IA
7/11/2022 5:05 AM CDT	Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 2 s ame in story county IA, 2.6 miles NNW of Ames, IA
7/11/2022 4:44 AM CDT	At 443 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of gowrie to near boone to near woodward, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/14/2022 11:23 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 6.9 miles SSW of Ames, IA, report via social media. i-35 rest area south bound. time estimated by radar.
6/14/2022 11:21 PM CDT	At 1121 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or near ames, moving northeast 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 be near, roland around 1130 pm cdt. mccallsburg around 1135 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include zearing, radcliffe, garden city, drake airport, hubbard and new providence. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 111 and 128. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/14/2022 5:06 PM CDT	At 505 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near gilbert to near nevada to 7 miles east of huxley, moving east at 25 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, nevada and maxwell around 510 pm cdt. colo around 530 pm cdt. rhodes around 540 pm cdt. state center, zearing and st. anthony around 545 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include st. anthony, colo, zearing, maxwell and rhodes. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 113 and 116. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/14/2022 4:55 PM CDT	Asos station kamw ames airport. gust of 57 knots from wsw at 2155 in story county IA, 3.3 miles NNW of Ames, IA
4/23/2022 8:00 PM CDT	Multiple tree limbs broken down via broadcas in story county IA, 1.8 miles N of Ames, IA
4/23/2022 6:47 PM CDT	At 646 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from roland to near nevada to altoona, moving northeast at 60 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, ames, nevada, story city, state center, roland, gilbert, maxwell, colo, hubbard, cambridge, zearing, collins, mccallsburg, new providence, clemons, st. Anthony and garden city.
4/23/2022 6:43 PM CDT	At 643 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over ames, 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. Locations impacted include, ames, nevada, story city, roland, gilbert, iowa state center and ames municipal airport.
4/23/2022 6:38 PM CDT	Asos report of 60 mph wind gus in story county IA, 2.6 miles NNW of Ames, IA
4/23/2022 6:34 PM CDT	At 634 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near iowa state center, or near ames, 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, ames, nevada and gilbert around 645 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include story city and roland. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 103 and 124.
4/23/2022 6:31 PM CDT	At 631 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near madrid to near polk city to near windsor heights, moving east at 50 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, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, slater, iowa state center, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall and iowa events center.
4/23/2022 6:31 PM CDT	At 631 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near iowa state center to near huxley to des moines int`l airport, moving northeast at 60 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
4/23/2022 6:20 PM CDT	At 620 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to grimes to near west des moines, moving northeast 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. Locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid and slater.
4/23/2022 6:07 PM CDT	At 607 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to near adel to near van meter, moving northeast 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.
3/5/2022 5:19 PM CST	At 518 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm was located near roland, or near nevada, 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.
12/15/2021 6:34 PM CST	At 634 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near alden to near grundy center, moving east at 85 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of story, marshall, hardin, eastern wright, western franklin, northeastern kossuth, hancock, southeastern boone, eastern hamilton and winnebago counties, including the following locations, wesley, steamboat rock, ferguson, forest city municipal airport, radcliffe, bradford, maxwell, cambridge, melbourne and buffalo center. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.
12/15/2021 6:08 PM CST	Storm damage reported in story county IA, 2.6 miles NNW of Ames, IA
12/15/2021 5:52 PM CST	At 552 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near swan lake to near slater, moving northeast at 85 mph. these are destructive storms for portions of central and northern iowa (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. severe thunderstorms will be near, slater and iowa state center around 555 pm cst. ames, nevada and huxley around 600 pm cst. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include state center. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 102 and 178. thunderstorm damage threat, destructive hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 80 mph.
8/31/2021 12:10 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northern and central polk, story, southwestern marshall, southeastern boone and eastern dallas counties will expire at 1215 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for southeast polk county and areas to the east and southeast until 1230 am cdt. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.
8/30/2021 11:47 PM CDT	At 1146 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over bondurant, or near altoona, moving southeast at 15 mph (trained weather spotters reported 60 mph wind gusts in polk city at 1142 pm cdt). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, bondurant. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/30/2021 11:29 PM CDT	At 1129 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 9 miles north of ankeny, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, saylorville around 1140 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include ankeny and bondurant. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 139. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 8, and between mile markers 13 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/28/2021 3:15 AM CDT	Report of numerous tree branches and some larger trees dow in story county IA, 1.9 miles E of Ames, IA
7/14/2021 8:42 PM CDT	At 841 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles south of nevada to 6 miles south of marshalltown, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/14/2021 7:23 PM CDT	At 722 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or 8 miles south of nevada, 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.
7/9/2021 1:18 PM CDT	At 116 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northeast of perry, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing golf ball sized hail and even larger hail is possible). Hazards include tennis 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, ames, boone, perry, huxley, madrid, ogden, dallas center, slater, granger, woodward, boone speedway, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, rippey, bouton, luther and berkley. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 109.
7/9/2021 1:01 PM CDT	At 100 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ogden, or 10 miles west of boone, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing large hail and the storm is intensifying). Hazards include tennis 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.
8/10/2020 11:24 AM CDT	Iowa state campus. 65 to 75 mph winds estimated. extensive tree damage throughout ames. no powe in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNE of Ames, IA
8/10/2020 11:11 AM CDT	Estimated over 70 mph winds in ame in story county IA, 1 miles SSW of Ames, IA
8/10/2020 11:10 AM CDT	Mesonet station rami4 2 e ame in story county IA, 3.3 miles W of Ames, IA
8/10/2020 11:07 AM CDT	At 1106 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roland to mitchellville to near carlisle, moving east at 60 mph. these are very dangerous storms (law enforcement). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, altoona, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 174. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
8/10/2020 10:46 AM CDT	At 1045 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles north of boone to saylorville lake to 6 miles southeast of van meter, moving east at 70 mph. these are very dangerous storms (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, altoona, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 174. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
8/10/2020 10:39 AM CDT	At 1039 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of boone to near granger to near van meter, moving east at 70 mph (radar indicated). 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.
7/14/2020 7:01 PM CDT	At 701 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over ames, moving east at 15 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, ames and iowa state center around 705 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 118.
7/14/2020 6:52 PM CDT	At 652 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near gilbert, or near ames, moving east at 15 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, ames, gilbert and iowa state center around 705 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 118.
7/14/2020 6:36 PM CDT	At 635 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or 9 miles north of ames, 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, ames, story city, gilbert and randall.
7/14/2020 6:21 PM CDT	At 620 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of boone, 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, ames, story city, gilbert and randall.
7/14/2020 6:10 PM CDT	At 609 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone, 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.
7/11/2020 5:40 PM CDT	The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. central story county in central iowa. southwestern marshall county in central iowa. until 615 pm cdt. At 540 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada,.
9/14/2019 6:01 PM CDT	Half Dollar sized hail reported 1.3 miles WSW of Ames, IA, report from mping: half dollar (1.25 in.).
9/14/2019 6:00 PM CDT	Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 2 miles WSW of Ames, IA, delayed report.
9/14/2019 5:59 PM CDT	At 558 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving east at 45 mph (public reported quarter sized hail in northern ames at 553pm). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
9/14/2019 5:55 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 0.8 miles WSW of Ames, IA, report from mping: quarter (1.00 in.).
9/14/2019 5:55 PM CDT	Half Dollar sized hail reported 1 miles SSW of Ames, IA, report from mping: half dollar (1.25 in.).
9/14/2019 5:53 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1 miles SSW of Ames, IA, report from mping: quarter (1.00 in.).
9/14/2019 5:37 PM CDT	At 525 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located just west of ames, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
9/14/2019 5:36 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 0.9 miles ENE of Ames, IA
9/14/2019 5:26 PM CDT	At 525 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located just west of ames, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
9/9/2019 5:25 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northern polk, southwestern story and boone counties will expire at 530 pm cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central iowa. remember, a severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect for hardin, hamilton and portions of story and marshall counties until 600 pm.
9/9/2019 5:11 PM CDT	Wall of a building pushed in 6 ft. damage to the walls and doors. contents inside blown around. also trees down. reported by ames police department. delayed report. tim in story county IA, 2.3 miles W of Ames, IA
9/9/2019 4:57 PM CDT	At 439 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to near granger to waukee, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
9/9/2019 4:39 PM CDT	At 439 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to near granger to waukee, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/17/2019 10:16 AM CDT	At 1015 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near eagle grove to near webster city to 11 miles east of gowrie, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated, and automated weather stations). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/15/2019 5:09 PM CDT	At 509 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near state center to 10 miles north of bondurant to saylorville, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing wind gusts over 60 mph). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, ankeny, johnston, altoona, pleasant hill, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, mitchellville, colfax, slater, baxter, saylorville lake, adventureland amusement park, iowa events center and big creek lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 114. interstate 80 between mile markers 132 and 152. Interstate 235 between mile markers 7 and 14.
6/15/2019 4:53 PM CDT	Reported at ames municipal airpor in story county IA, 2.6 miles NNW of Ames, IA
6/15/2019 4:53 PM CDT	18 inch tree snapped. tree did have some rot. picture via twitte in story county IA, 0.9 miles WNW of Ames, IA
6/15/2019 4:51 PM CDT	At 450 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or near ames, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters. the ames airport recently gusted to 65 mph). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/15/2019 4:50 PM CDT	Report of a tree down that was blocking the road at the intersection of 270th and y av in story county IA, 5.1 miles NE of Ames, IA
6/15/2019 4:36 PM CDT	At 436 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near iowa state center, or near ames, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, ogden, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, luther, boone municipal airport, ledges state park and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 112 and 118.
6/15/2019 4:21 PM CDT	At 421 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over boone, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/31/2019 5:27 PM CDT	At 526 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near slater, or 7 miles southwest of ames, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
8/28/2018 12:06 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern story, eastern boone and south central hamilton counties will expire at 1215 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 is still possible with this thunderstorm.
8/28/2018 11:44 AM CDT	A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 1215 pm cdt for northwestern story. eastern boone and south central hamilton counties. at 1143 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone speedway, or near boone, moving northeast at 45 mph. hazard. Quarter size hail.
8/28/2018 11:34 AM CDT	At 1134 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or near perry, 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.
8/1/2018 8:41 PM CDT	At 841 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or 9 miles northeast of ankeny, moving southeast 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, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, boone, grimes, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, slater, granger, iowa state center, saylorville lake, big creek lake, boone speedway, maxwell, cambridge and elkhart. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 90 and 112. Interstate 80 between mile markers 129 and 132.
8/1/2018 8:16 PM CDT	At 816 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or near ames, moving southeast 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.
8/1/2018 7:17 PM CDT	At 717 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near jewell junction, or 15 miles north of ames, moving southeast 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, ames, story city, jewell junction, gilbert, ellsworth, stanhope and randall. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 124 and 133.
8/1/2018 6:53 PM CDT	At 652 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of jewell junction, or 9 miles south of webster city, moving southeast 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.
7/25/2018 9:19 PM CDT	Small limbs (< 2 inches) dow in boone county IA, 4.4 miles E of Ames, IA
6/14/2018 3:36 AM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 3 miles ESE of Ames, IA
6/14/2018 3:36 AM CDT	At 336 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near iowa state center, or near ames, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, ames, iowa state center, kelley and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 115.
6/14/2018 3:25 AM CDT	At 325 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone speedway, or near boone, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
6/6/2018 5:45 PM CDT	At 545 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or 9 miles northeast of ankeny, 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, ames, ankeny, nevada, huxley, slater, iowa state center, maxwell, colo, cambridge, elkhart, collins, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, mingo and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 116.
6/6/2018 5:42 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.7 miles NW of Ames, IA, hail has been ongoing for at least 10 min.
6/6/2018 5:39 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1 miles SSW of Ames, IA, dime to quarter sized hail. numerous 2-3 inch branches down in neighborhood.
6/6/2018 5:39 PM CDT	Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 3.8 miles SE of Ames, IA, time estimated.
6/6/2018 5:33 PM CDT	Corrected to thunderstorm wind damage. tree down along hyland drive just west of iowa state university campus. time estimate in story county IA, 1.3 miles E of Ames, IA
6/6/2018 5:33 PM CDT	Reports of tree damage on the iowa state university campus near osborn drive and bessey hal in story county IA, 0.8 miles ESE of Ames, IA
6/6/2018 5:32 PM CDT	Storm damage reported in story county IA, 2.6 miles NNW of Ames, IA
6/6/2018 5:30 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 0.5 miles NNE of Ames, IA, few tree limbs reported down as well.
6/6/2018 5:30 PM CDT	Large tree limb dow in story county IA, 1.7 miles NW of Ames, IA
6/6/2018 5:29 PM CDT	Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 1.7 miles S of Ames, IA, via social media.
6/6/2018 5:28 PM CDT	At 527 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 8 miles southwest of nevada, moving south 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, ames, ankeny, nevada, huxley, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, maxwell, colo, cambridge, elkhart, collins, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, mingo and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 120.
6/6/2018 5:20 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 3.9 miles E of Ames, IA, via social media.
6/6/2018 5:19 PM CDT	At 519 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving southeast 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.
6/6/2018 5:09 PM CDT	At 508 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near iowa state center, or near ames, moving east at 20 mph. a second severe storm was located near berkley moving east 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, ames, boone, nevada, story city, madrid, ogden, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, kelley, luther, berkley, boone municipal airport, ledges state park and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 121.
6/6/2018 5:00 PM CDT	At 500 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone speedway, or near boone, moving east at 20 mph. a second severe storm was located near berkley moving east 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, ames, boone, nevada, story city, madrid, ogden, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, grand junction, kelley, rippey, pilot mound, luther, fraser, beaver, berkley, boone municipal airport and ledges state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 121.
6/6/2018 4:40 PM CDT	At 439 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near ogden, or near boone, moving northeast at 25 mph. there are a cluster of storms across the warning area that all may be severe 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.
5/29/2018 6:59 PM CDT	At 659 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or near ames, moving northwest at 30 mph (trained weather spotters and local mesonet site). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, gilbert, iowa state center and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 114 and 119.
5/29/2018 6:50 PM CDT	Rami4 rwis station report in story county IA, 3.3 miles W of Ames, IA
5/29/2018 6:50 PM CDT	At 649 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ames, moving northwest at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/29/2018 4:10 PM CDT	Via social media. 4" tree limb down. tree rotten in the center. several displaced garbage cans as wel in story county IA, 1 miles SSE of Ames, IA
5/29/2018 3:59 PM CDT	At 359 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over nevada, moving northwest at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/25/2018 6:46 PM CDT	At 645 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 7 miles southwest of nevada, moving southeast at 15 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. this storm has produced 61 to 64 mph winds at the ames airport over the past 30 minutes. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, huxley, slater, iowa state center, cambridge, sheldahl, kelley and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 102 and 113.
5/25/2018 6:44 PM CDT	Golf Ball sized hail reported 4.6 miles NW of Ames, IA, public reported estimated golf ball sized hail along i-35 south of ames. report via text message.
5/25/2018 6:31 PM CDT	Ames municipal recorded a 61 mph wind gus in story county IA, 2.6 miles NNW of Ames, IA
5/25/2018 6:25 PM CDT	At 625 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving southeast at 10 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.
5/25/2018 6:20 PM CDT	At 619 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ames, moving southeast at 10 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, ames, story city, gilbert, iowa state center and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 108 and 125.
5/25/2018 6:18 PM CDT	Half Dollar sized hail reported 1.7 miles S of Ames, IA, public relayed picture of half dollar to ping pong ball sized hail in north ames. came via text message picture.
5/25/2018 6:15 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.8 miles SSE of Ames, IA, trained spotter reported quarter hail.
5/25/2018 6:12 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 2.3 miles S of Ames, IA, amateur radio reported quarter hail.
5/25/2018 5:48 PM CDT	At 548 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over gilbert, or near ames, moving southeast at 10 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.
5/1/2018 5:40 PM CDT	At 540 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over nevada, moving northeast at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). 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, ames, nevada, huxley, roland, colo, zearing and mccallsburg. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 121.
5/1/2018 5:30 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 2.4 miles E of Ames, IA, via twitter.
5/1/2018 5:30 PM CDT	Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA, via twitter.
5/1/2018 5:29 PM CDT	Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 2.6 miles ENE of Ames, IA
5/1/2018 5:29 PM CDT	At 528 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving northeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters. numerous reports in south ames). 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, ames, nevada, huxley, slater, roland, gilbert, iowa state center, colo, cambridge, zearing, mccallsburg, sheldahl, kelley and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 123.
5/1/2018 5:22 PM CDT	Half Dollar sized hail reported 0.9 miles ENE of Ames, IA
5/1/2018 5:09 PM CDT	At 508 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 8 miles southeast of boone, moving northeast at 45 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.
5/1/2018 5:07 PM CDT	At 505 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 8 miles southeast of boone, moving northeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters). 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, ames, boone, madrid, woodward, boone speedway, bouton, luther, boone municipal airport and ledges state park.
5/1/2018 4:51 PM CDT	At 450 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northeast of perry, moving northeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters reported golfball sized hail in woodward at 448 pm). 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, ames, boone, perry, story city, madrid, ogden, roland, gilbert, woodward, boone speedway, minburn, bouton, luther, fraser, perry municipal airport, boone municipal airport and ledges state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 121 and 126.
5/1/2018 4:35 PM CDT	At 435 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, moving northeast 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.
4/13/2018 7:33 PM CDT	At 733 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near jewell junction to story city to near nevada, moving northeast 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, ames, nevada, story city, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, hubbard, zearing, radcliffe, ellsworth, stanhope, union, mccallsburg, kelley, new providence, randall, whitten, buckeye and st. anthony. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 109 and 140.
4/13/2018 7:23 PM CDT	At 723 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or near ames, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
10/13/2017 9:59 AM CDT	At 958 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving east 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, ames, nevada, state center, colo, melbourne, clemons and st. anthony. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 116.
10/13/2017 9:47 AM CDT	At 946 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving east 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.
7/20/2017 10:08 PM CDT	At 1007 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near nevada to 9 miles west of baxter to near mitchellville, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, altoona, nevada, bondurant, huxley, mitchellville, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 96, and between mile markers 106 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/20/2017 9:56 PM CDT	At 955 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near nevada to 6 miles east of huxley to bondurant, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman and sheldahl. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/20/2017 9:44 PM CDT	At 943 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to saylorville, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated. in addition...several reports of tree branches downed have been reported with these storms). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, grimes, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, mitchellville, slater, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, adventureland amusement park, iowa state center and prairie meadows. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/20/2017 9:19 PM CDT	At 918 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 10 miles east of perry, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters. several reports of 60 mph wind gusts have been received, with branches down). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/12/2017 5:35 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for eastern story and west central marshall counties will expire at 545 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.
7/12/2017 5:20 PM CDT	At 520 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over nevada, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/17/2017 5:00 PM CDT	Multiple farmsteads with roof damage from wind. more info comin in boone county IA, 5.4 miles NE of Ames, IA
5/17/2017 4:53 PM CDT	At 452 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 15 miles north of boone to 6 miles east of roland to newton, moving northeast at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. numerous reports of 60 to 70 mph winds with trees and powerlines downed). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
5/17/2017 4:44 PM CDT	Strong winds ( no estimate ) ... dumpsters knocked ove in story county IA, 1.7 miles S of Ames, IA
5/17/2017 4:40 PM CDT	At 440 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of boone to near nevada to near colfax, moving northeast at 70 mph (trained weather spotters. these storms have a history of producing wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph with numerous trees down and minor structural damage). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, newton, altoona, boone, nevada, jefferson, bondurant, story city, huxley, madrid, mitchellville, colfax, ogden, prairie city, slater, state center, roland, baxter and gilbert. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 91 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 164. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central and west central iowa.
5/17/2017 4:17 PM CDT	At 415 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of jefferson to near grimes to near carlisle, moving north at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. at 410 pm...65 to 70 mph winds were reported in west des moines). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
5/17/2017 3:52 PM CDT	At 351 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near roland, or 7 miles northeast of ames, moving north at 50 mph (trained weather spotters). 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, ames, nevada, story city, roland, gilbert, iowa state center and ames municipal airport. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 125. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/17/2017 3:45 PM CDT	At 344 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ames, moving north 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, ames, nevada, story city, roland, gilbert, iowa state center, kelley and ames municipal airport. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 126. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/17/2017 3:28 PM CDT	At 327 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 10 miles northwest of ankeny, moving north 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.
5/16/2017 9:58 PM CDT	At 957 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving east 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, ames, nevada, story city, state center, roland, gilbert, colo, hubbard, zearing, radcliffe, mccallsburg, randall, clemons, st. anthony, garden city and drake airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 131.
5/16/2017 9:42 PM CDT	At 942 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving east at 50 mph (emergency management). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail two miles north of luther at 937 pm. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/16/2017 9:39 PM CDT	At 938 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or near ames, moving east at 60 mph (emergency management). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail at 937 pm two miles north of luther. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, huxley, madrid, slater, iowa state center, big creek lake, maxwell, colo, cambridge, collins, sheldahl, kelley, luther, ledges state park, ames municipal airport and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 101 and 116.
5/16/2017 9:30 PM CDT	At 929 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 11 miles south of boone, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
4/15/2017 6:05 PM CDT	At 605 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near eldora to 14 miles north of state center to near ames, moving east at 25 mph (trained weather spotters). 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, ames, nevada, eldora, state center, iowa state center, colo, hubbard, wellsburg, zearing, union, mccallsburg, steamboat rock, liscomb, new providence, whitten, clemons, st. anthony, garden city, owasa and pine lake state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 117.
4/15/2017 5:49 PM CDT	At 549 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of eldora to 8 miles east of roland to near ames, 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.
3/6/2017 6:55 PM CST	At 653 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roland to 9 miles north of lakeside casino, moving east at 75 mph (radar indicated. at 6:45pm 67 mph wind was reported at the ames airport. 50-60 mph wind was observed at 6:41pm at the national weather service office in north johnston). 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, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, nevada, winterset, adel, windsor heights and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 44 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 99 and 149. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cst for central, south central and southwestern iowa.
3/6/2017 6:45 PM CST	. in story county IA, 2.6 miles NNW of Ames, IA
3/6/2017 6:40 PM CST	Delayed report. 1-2 ft diameter pine tree across the road. powerlines down in gilbert. small tree uprooted... limb damage. in story county IA, 7.3 miles S of Ames, IA
3/6/2017 6:30 PM CST	At 629 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles north of boone to 7 miles northeast of green valley lake, moving east 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.
9/9/2016 2:49 PM CDT	At 248 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles southwest of webster city to near boone, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. these severe storms will be near, jewell junction around 305 pm cdt. ames, story city and gilbert around 310 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include ellsworth, randall, kamrar, pilot mound, stanhope, dayton, fraser, stratford, boxholm and brushy creek st recreation area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 116 and 140.
9/9/2016 2:33 PM CDT	At 233 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gowrie, or 16 miles northeast of jefferson, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
8/19/2016 6:49 PM CDT	At 649 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near roland, or 8 miles northwest of nevada, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated. at 647pm...50 mph winds were reported in story city by the county emergency manager). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
8/4/2016 6:30 PM CDT	1 foot diameter tree limbs blown off tre in story county IA, 0.3 miles SW of Ames, IA
7/17/2016 4:03 AM CDT	At 402 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near parkersburg to 8 miles west of grundy center to near iowa state center, moving east at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, iowa falls, eldora, story city, huxley, ogden, ackley, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, hubbard, zearing, radcliffe, ellsworth, union and mccallsburg.
7/17/2016 3:49 AM CDT	At 349 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles north of ackley to 6 miles northwest of eldora to near ogden, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, iowa falls, hampton, eldora, story city, huxley, ogden, ackley, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, hubbard, dayton, grand junction, alden and stratford.
7/17/2016 3:20 AM CDT	At 320 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles east of belmond to near big wall lake to 9 miles southwest of gowrie, moving east at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
7/11/2016 11:00 PM CDT	A few trees and power lines down across ames. a report of a tree on a car on the west side. event time estimated from radar and generally occurred between 1055 pm and 1 in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA
7/6/2016 12:50 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for story, southwestern hardin, southern hamilton and eastern boone counties will expire at 100 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and have exited the warned area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 am cdt for central iowa.
7/6/2016 12:46 AM CDT	At 1245 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of jewell junction to near huxley, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, story city, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, hubbard, radcliffe, ellsworth, stanhope, mccallsburg, kelley, randall, luther, garden city, ledges state park and boone municipal airport.
7/6/2016 12:31 AM CDT	At 1230 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from webster city to madrid, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, webster city, perry, nevada, iowa falls, story city, huxley, madrid, slater, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, woodward, iowa state center, boone speedway, maxwell, colo, hubbard and cambridge.
7/6/2016 12:14 AM CDT	At 1213 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of fort dodge to near perry, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). 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.
5/26/2016 3:37 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for southwestern story, southwestern hamilton, northwestern polk, boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 345 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and exited the warned area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
5/26/2016 3:26 AM CDT	At 326 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of story city to 4 miles northwest of perry, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, madrid, ogden, slater, woodward, boone speedway, sheldahl, kelley, bouton, luther, berkley, ledges state park, boone municipal airport and big creek state park.
5/26/2016 3:18 AM CDT	At 317 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles south of jewell junction to 10 miles northeast of lake panorama, moving southeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, perry, madrid, ogden, slater, woodward, boone speedway, stratford, stanhope, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, boxholm, pilot mound, bouton, luther, fraser, beaver and berkley.
5/26/2016 2:54 AM CDT	At 254 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of lake city to 7 miles south of panora, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
11/11/2015 3:58 PM CST	The severe thunderstorm warning for western story, polk, northern warren, eastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 400 pm cst, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a tornado watch remains in effect until 600 pm cst for south central iowa.
11/11/2015 3:52 PM CST	At 351 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles south of webster city to 5 miles south of nevada to 5 miles west of newton, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. Siding and trees.
11/11/2015 3:49 PM CST	Reported at ames high school. via social medi in story county IA, 1 miles SSW of Ames, IA
11/11/2015 3:42 PM CST	Boone county emergency manager reports a 3 mile stretch of damage from 1.5 w of napier... to 3 miles ne of napier. roof off old grain bin...barn damaged...foot diameter in boone county IA, 5.7 miles ENE of Ames, IA
11/11/2015 3:07 PM CST	At 307 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of perry to 12 miles northeast of osceola, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. Siding and trees.
7/16/2015 5:21 PM CDT	At 521 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 4 miles southeast of ames, moving east at 15 mph (weather spotters reported funnel cloud). Hazards include tornado. Expect damage to mobile homes. roofs and vehicles. this dangerous storm will be near, nevada around 535 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include ames municipal airport and kelley. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 108 and 112.
6/7/2015 1:41 AM CDT	Ames pd reported traffic signals blown over. time estimated by rada in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA
4/8/2015 10:34 PM CDT	A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 1045 pm cdt for northwestern story county. at 1034 pm cdt. a severe thunderstorm was located near ames. moving northeast at 30 mph. hazard. quarter size hail. source. Radar indicated.
4/8/2015 10:21 PM CDT	The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. northwestern story county in central iowa. until 1045 pm cdt * at 1021 pm cdt. a severe thunderstorm was located near iowa state center. or near ames. Moving northeast at 30 mph.
6/19/2014 5:07 PM CDT	Hyvee sign (across from iowa dot office) is dow in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA
5/20/2014 6:08 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1 miles SSW of Ames, IA
5/20/2014 6:06 PM CDT	Half Dollar sized hail reported 0.9 miles WNW of Ames, IA, multiple reports via kcci and isu iem of 1 inch to 1.25 inch hail.
5/20/2014 6:05 PM CDT	Golf Ball sized hail reported 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA, several social media reports of quarter to golf ball size hail throughout ames.
5/11/2014 10:51 PM CDT	2 to 4 inch tree limbs down. lee park. time estimated by rada in story county IA, 1.3 miles E of Ames, IA
5/11/2014 10:50 PM CDT	Large tree limb down. time estimated by rada in story county IA, 1.3 miles E of Ames, IA
7/22/2013 8:21 PM CDT	12 inch tree down on a car in story county IA, 1.9 miles E of Ames, IA
7/22/2013 8:03 PM CDT	Storm damage reported in story county IA, 3.4 miles WSW of Ames, IA
6/24/2013 12:20 PM CDT	Two foot diameter maple tree that was 35 feet tall blew down across 180th street east of 550th av in story county IA, 4.7 miles SSW of Ames, IA
7/25/2012 8:50 PM CDT	Storm damage reported in story county IA, 2.6 miles NNW of Ames, IA
7/25/2012 8:50 PM CDT	Large tree limb...about 1 foot in diameter...down on isu campus along with several brances 3 to 4 inches in diameter. time estimated from rada in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA
7/25/2012 8:40 PM CDT	A plane was flipped at the ames airport in story county IA, 2.6 miles NNW of Ames, IA
5/2/2012 1:55 AM CDT	Wind damage to trees in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA
5/2/2012 1:53 AM CDT	Power lines reported down in the city of ame in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA
5/2/2012 1:52 AM CDT	Measured at the ames mesonet sit in story county IA, 1.8 miles SSW of Ames, IA
5/2/2012 1:52 AM CDT	Pine tree uprooted and multiple tree limbs dow in story county IA, 2.2 miles NW of Ames, IA
5/2/2012 1:51 AM CDT	Tree landed on a house and on a car in the area of nixon circle in ames. additionally...the tree damaged the gas line to the house. time estimated from rada in story county IA, 1 miles SSW of Ames, IA
5/2/2012 1:50 AM CDT	Damage report within two blocks of bloomington road and grand...shingles off house roofs...privacy fences down..apartment building lost partial balcony...trees of one t in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA
5/2/2012 1:50 AM CDT	Large trees uprooted along 13th street in ames. time estimated from rada in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA
5/2/2012 1:50 AM CDT	Garage doors blown in with gutters torn off. apartment complex in north ames. from isu meteorology studen in story county IA, 1.7 miles S of Ames, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	59 mph wind gust measured at amw aso in story county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Ames, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Quarter sized hail reported 2.8 miles NNW of Ames, IA