Hail Map for Grimes, IA
The Grimes, IA area has had 15 reports of on-the-ground hail by trained spotters, and has been under severe weather warnings 67 times during the past 12 months. Doppler radar has detected hail at or near Grimes, IA on 79 occasions, including 5 occasions during the past year.
| Name: | Grimes, IA |
| Where Located: | 11 miles WNW of Des Moines, IA |
| Map: | Google Map for Grimes, IA |
| Population: | 8246 |
| Housing Units: | 3272 |
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The Top Recent Hail Date for Grimes, IA is Tuesday, July 30, 2024 (22nd out of 79)
Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near Grimes, IA
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| 10/30/2024 2:16 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 10/30/2024 1:49 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, central dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 230 pm cdt. * at 148 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near dallas center to near de soto to 5 miles northeast of macksburg, 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.
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| 7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 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.
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| 7/31/2024 8:33 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 7/31/2024 8:15 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 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.
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| 7/31/2024 8:03 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/31/2024 8:03 PM CDT |
 At 802 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near bayard to 6 miles west of dallas center to avenue of the saints event center, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, winterset, adel, stuart, dallas center, earlham, de soto, van meter, jordan creek town center, avenue of the saints event center, redfield, st. charles, dexter, truro, diamondhead lake, and minburn. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 84 and 121.
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| 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
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| 7/31/2024 7:30 PM CDT | Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern greene county in west central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, northeastern cass county in southwestern iowa, guthrie county in west central iowa, audubon county in west central iowa, adair county in southwestern iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 815 pm cdt. * at 730 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of gray to 7 miles southwest of guthrie center to 5 miles northwest of macksburg, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees |
| 7/31/2024 2:40 AM 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, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 am cdt for central iowa.
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| 7/31/2024 2:31 AM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/31/2024 2:31 AM CDT |
 At 231 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near minburn, or 8 miles southeast of perry, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, urbandale, grimes, dallas center, granger, woodward, and minburn.
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| 7/31/2024 2:18 AM CDT |
 At 218 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northwest of grimes, 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. Locations impacted include, urbandale, grimes, perry, madrid, dallas center, granger, woodward, minburn, dawson, bouton, and perry municipal airport.
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| 7/31/2024 2:18 AM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/31/2024 2:12 AM CDT |
 At 211 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, dallas center, de soto, and van meter. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 64 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 90. interstate 80 between mile markers 111 and 144. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/31/2024 1:56 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southeastern greene county in west central iowa, northeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, southwestern boone county in central iowa, northern dallas county in central iowa, * until 245 am cdt. * at 156 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located miles southwest of perry, moving east at 40 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.
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| 7/31/2024 1:49 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, southwestern jasper county in central iowa, southeastern dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 230 am cdt. * at 149 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over west des moines, 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.
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| 7/30/2024 9:45 AM CDT |
 At 945 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near elkhart to near pleasant hill to martensdale, moving southeast at 45 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, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, and mitchellville. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 61 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 106. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 148. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/30/2024 9:45 AM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 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.
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| 7/30/2024 9:23 AM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 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
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| 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 2:47 AM CDT | Personal weather statio in polk county IA, 1.6 miles SSE of Grimes, IA |
| 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. |
| 7/30/2024 2:05 AM CDT | At 205 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lizard creek state recreation area to near dayton to near ogden to perry to near linden, 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, boone, adel, ogden, dallas center, woodward, boone speedway, dayton and redfield around 210 am cdt. waukee, madrid, granger, de soto and luther around 215 am cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, grimes, polk city, van meter, saylorville lake and jordan creek town center. |
| 7/30/2024 2:05 AM CDT | the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect |
| 7/30/2024 1:56 AM CDT | At 156 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from barnum to near harcourt to beaver to dawson to near panora, 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, fort dodge, perry, ogden, dayton, redfield, coalville, otho and lehigh around 200 am cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include boone, dallas center, woodward, minburn, fraser, ledges state park, brushy creek st recreation area, adel, de soto, boone speedway, stratford, duncombe, luther, boone municipal airport, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, madrid, granger, van meter, saylorville lake, west des moines, johnston, polk city, big creek lake, stanhope, sheldahl, webster city municipal airport, webster city and jordan creek town center. |
| 7/30/2024 1:43 AM CDT | Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern polk county in central iowa, greene county in west central iowa, webster county in central iowa, guthrie county in west central iowa, southeastern pocahontas county in northwestern iowa, northeastern audubon county in west central iowa, calhoun county in west central iowa, southwestern hamilton county in central iowa, eastern carroll county in west central iowa, boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 230 am cdt. * at 142 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near manson to somers to 5 miles west of dana to 4 miles northeast of bagley to near guthrie center, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, panora, gowrie, lake panorama, grand junction, callender, harcourt, rippey and yale around 150 am cdt. fort dodge, perry, ogden, dayton, otho, boxholm and berkley around 155 am cdt. fort dodge regional airport, redfield, coalville, lehigh, diamondhead lake, minburn, pilot mound and bouton around 200 am cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include boone, adel, dallas center, woodward, stratford, ledges state park, brushy creek st recreation area, madrid, de soto, boone speedway, duncombe, luther, boone municipal airport, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, granger, van meter, saylorville lake, big creek lake and stanhope. |
| 7/15/2024 5:42 PM CDT | Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, * until 615 pm cdt. * at 542 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over merle hay mall, or near urbandale, moving east 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, des moines, principal park, iowa state fairgrounds, iowa events center, and drake stadium and knapp center around 545 pm cdt. altoona and pleasant hill around 550 pm cdt. this includes the following highways, interstate 80 between mile markers 128 and 136. Interstate 235 between mile markers 6 and 14. |
| 7/15/2024 5:30 PM CDT |
 At 530 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near granger, or 5 miles northwest of grimes, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake, merle hay mall, big creek lake, drake stadium and knapp center, and valley west mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 90 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 115 and 135. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 5.
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| 7/15/2024 5:30 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/15/2024 5:29 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, southeastern story county in central iowa, southwestern marshall county in central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, jasper county in central iowa, east central dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 600 pm cdt. * at 529 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from haverhill to 5 miles east of elkhart to urbandale, 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.
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| 7/15/2024 5:20 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, western polk county in central iowa, northern madison county in south central iowa, southeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, northeastern adair county in southwestern iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 545 pm cdt. * at 520 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near minburn, or 8 miles northwest of adel, moving east 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.
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| 6/25/2024 10:21 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 6/25/2024 10:21 PM CDT |
 At 1021 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to 4 miles west of grimes to de soto, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, earlham, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake, redfield, dexter, minburn, and perry municipal airport. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 6/25/2024 10:18 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, southern story county in central iowa, western jasper county in central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 1100 pm cdt. * at 1017 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near madrid to near urbandale to badger creek state park, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/25/2024 9:47 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern polk county in central iowa, eastern guthrie county in west central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 1030 pm cdt. * at 947 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lakin slough game management area to near linden to menlo, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/25/2024 5:24 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, southwestern jasper county in central iowa, southeastern dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 615 pm cdt. * at 523 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from oakland acres to near prairie city krohn airport to altoona, moving southeast at 5 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/4/2024 7:47 PM CDT |
 At 746 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ankeny, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, dallas center, granger, saylorville lake, and adventureland amusement park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 100. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/4/2024 7:24 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 815 pm cdt. * at 723 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 7 miles north of grimes, 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.
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| 5/24/2024 5:06 AM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 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.
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| 5/24/2024 5:05 AM CDT |
 The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. 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.
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| 5/24/2024 5:01 AM CDT |
 At 501 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over saylorville lake, or near johnston, moving east 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, ankeny, polk city, and alleman around 505 am cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, margo frankel woods state park, sheldahl, alleman, and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 90 and 105. Interstate 80 near mile marker 128.
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| 5/24/2024 4:41 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 515 am cdt. * at 441 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over dallas center, or 6 miles northeast of adel, moving east 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, urbandale and grimes around 445 am cdt. johnston and granger around 450 am cdt. polk city, saylorville lake, big creek lake, and big creek state park around 455 am cdt. ankeny around 500 am cdt. alleman around 505 am cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include minburn, big creek state park, margo frankel woods state park, sheldahl, alleman, and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 90 and 105. Interstate 80 between mile markers 128 and 129.
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 5/21/2024 9:14 AM CDT |
 At 913 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from des moines int'l airport to 5 miles northwest of ackworth to near otter creek county park, moving east at 45 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, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, dallas center, and granger. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 99. interstate 80 between mile markers 115 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 5/21/2024 9:03 AM CDT |
 At 903 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near jordan creek town center to spring hill to 4 miles southeast of st. marys, moving east at 45 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. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, and dallas center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 99. interstate 80 between mile markers 110 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 5/21/2024 8:41 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, southern dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 945 am cdt. * at 841 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from earlham to 4 miles northeast of winterset-madison county airport to near east peru, moving east at 45 mph (emergency management). 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.
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| 5/19/2024 9:22 PM CDT |
 The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however, gusty winds to 50 mph and brief heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms. the storms are being monitored for any additional strengthening as they move east this evening. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 200 am cdt for south central and southwestern iowa.
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| 5/19/2024 9:05 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 5/19/2024 9:05 PM CDT |
 At 904 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry municipal airport to adel to 4 miles southeast of winterset, 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, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, winterset, adel, dallas center, earlham, de soto, woodward, van meter, avenue of the saints event center, jordan creek town center, redfield, st. charles, truro, minburn, patterson, and east peru. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 5/19/2024 8:42 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, madison county in south central iowa, southeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, eastern adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 930 pm cdt. * at 841 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near panora to stuart to near macksburg, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/8/2024 7:10 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm 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 800 pm cdt. * at 709 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or 6 miles west of grimes, moving northeast 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.
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| 5/7/2024 6:33 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, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 700 pm cdt. * at 632 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ankeny, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. personal weather stations have observed wind gusts up to around 55 mph near dallas center. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/7/2024 6:26 PM CDT | Large tree branches down. image posted on social media. time estimated from rada in polk county IA, 0.9 miles S of Grimes, IA |
| 4/26/2024 8:40 PM CDT |
 The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until midnight cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 4/26/2024 8:23 PM CDT |
 At 823 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located near cumming, or near west des moines, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, saylorville, granger, jordan creek town center, merle hay mall, iowa events center, iowa state fairgrounds, des moines int'l airport, and principal park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 65 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 89. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 140. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 4/26/2024 8:20 PM CDT |
 Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, southeastern dallas county in central iowa, northwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 845 pm cdt. * at 820 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near cumming, or near west des moines, 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 7/12/2023 6:25 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for polk and east central dallas counties will expire at 630 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 am cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 7/12/2023 6:09 AM CDT |
 At 608 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northeast of elkhart to near ankeny regional airport to near merle hay mall to urbandale, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, southridge mall, jordan creek town center and saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 69 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 100. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 149. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 7/12/2023 5:40 AM CDT |
 At 539 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near slater to polk city to near granger to near dallas center, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/29/2023 10:13 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for southern polk, northern madison, dallas and northern warren counties will expire at 1015 am 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 gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 pm cdt for central and south central iowa. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.
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| 6/29/2023 9:54 AM CDT |
 At 954 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over badger creek state park, or 9 miles south of adel, moving northeast 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, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, dallas center, earlham, de soto, van meter, southridge mall and jordan creek town center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 51 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 131. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 11. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 6/29/2023 9:29 AM CDT |
 At 928 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over winterset, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/2/2023 3:20 PM CDT |
 At 320 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over windsor heights, or near des moines, moving northwest at 20 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, ankeny, clive, valley west mall and jordan creek town center around 325 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include johnston, merle hay mall, saylorville, urbandale, waukee, grimes and saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 69 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 135. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 9. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 6/2/2023 3:08 PM CDT |
 At 308 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines int`l airport, or near des moines, moving northwest at 20 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, walnut woods state park around 315 pm cdt. drake stadium and knapp center around 320 pm cdt. west des moines, clive, windsor heights and valley west mall around 325 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include urbandale, johnston, waukee, grimes, saylorville, merle hay mall and jordan creek town center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 69 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 135. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 9. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/19/2023 10:27 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk, southwestern story, southeastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 1030 pm 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 additional thunderstorms. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 pm cdt for central iowa. remember, another severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect for portions of polk, boone, story and marshall counties until 1100 pm cdt.
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| 4/19/2023 9:44 PM CDT |
 At 944 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 5 miles northwest of grimes, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, polk city and saylorville lake around 1000 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include madrid, big creek lake, big creek state park, slater, sheldahl, alleman, kelley and huxley. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 99 and 102. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/19/2023 9:34 PM CDT |
 At 934 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near granger, or 9 miles northwest of grimes, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, big creek lake, big creek state park, madrid and sheldahl. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.
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| 4/19/2023 9:19 PM CDT |
 At 919 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe thunderstorm will be near, urbandale around 925 pm cdt. minburn around 930 pm cdt. granger around 935 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include polk city, woodward, saylorville lake, madrid, big creek lake, sheldahl and big creek state park. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 111 and 113. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 7:48 PM CDT |
 At 747 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over badger creek state park, or 8 miles southwest of west des moines, 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, jordan creek town center, walnut woods state park, west des moines, urbandale, clive, norwalk, windsor heights, valley west mall, des moines int`l airport, des moines, johnston, grimes, merle hay mall, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, principal park, iowa state fairgrounds, ankeny, saylorville, ankeny regional airport, margo frankel woods state park, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and altoona. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 54 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 90. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 140. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 7:27 PM CDT |
 At 727 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of macksburg, or 10 miles west of winterset, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, winterset-madison county airport around 735 pm cdt. winterset around 740 pm cdt. de soto, van meter and badger creek state park around 745 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include urbandale, waukee, jordan creek town center, valley west mall, cumming, walnut woods state park, west des moines, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, merle hay mall, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, des moines, ankeny, saylorville, iowa state fairgrounds, margo frankel woods state park, weh-weh-neh-kee state park, altoona and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 54 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 90. interstate 80 between mile markers 96 and 140. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 6:12 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for west central polk, north central madison, south central boone and dallas counties will expire at 615 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. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 4/4/2023 5:54 PM CDT |
 At 554 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, 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, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, saylorville lake, redfield, minburn and bouton. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 106 and 113. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 5:43 PM CDT |
 At 543 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near redfield, or 6 miles southwest of adel, moving northeast at 60 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, dallas center, minburn, granger, woodward and bouton. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 89 and 114. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 5:26 PM CDT |
 At 526 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near greenfield, moving northeast at 65 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 severe thunderstorm will be near, stuart around 540 pm cdt. earlham, dexter and diamondhead lake around 545 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include de soto, redfield, adel, waukee, dallas center, minburn, bouton, granger and woodward. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 86 and 113. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 4:47 PM CDT |
 At 446 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near linden, or 10 miles northwest of adel, 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, dallas center, perry, minburn, perry municipal airport, bouton and woodward. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 4:34 PM CDT |
 At 434 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near diamondhead lake, or 11 miles southeast of guthrie center, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, redfield and linden around 440 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include dallas center, minburn, perry municipal airport, perry, bouton and woodward. this includes interstate 80 near mile marker 91, between mile markers 93 and 97, and between mile markers 99 and 100. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 9/17/2022 7:58 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 0.9 miles S of Grimes, IA |
| 8/29/2022 6:53 AM CDT | At 652 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near earlham, or 9 miles southwest of adel, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include half dollar size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, adel, de soto, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, urbandale, west des moines and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 89 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:44 AM CDT | At 644 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 13 miles west of adel, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, earlham around 655 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include adel, de soto, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, urbandale, west des moines and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:44 AM CDT | At 644 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 13 miles west of adel, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, earlham around 655 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include adel, de soto, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, urbandale, west des moines and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:41 AM CDT | At 640 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 14 miles southeast of guthrie center, moving east at 45 mph. quarter sized hail was reported in stuart at 639 am cdt (trained weather spotters). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe storm will be near, earlham and redfield around 650 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include de soto, adel, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, west des moines, urbandale and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:41 AM CDT | At 640 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 14 miles southeast of guthrie center, moving east at 45 mph. quarter sized hail was reported in stuart at 639 am cdt (trained weather spotters). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe storm will be near, earlham and redfield around 650 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include de soto, adel, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, west des moines, urbandale and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:33 AM CDT | At 633 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 10 miles southeast of guthrie center, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe thunderstorm will be near, dexter, diamondhead lake and linden around 645 am cdt. earlham and redfield around 650 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include dallas center, de soto, adel, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, west des moines, urbandale, clive and grimes. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/19/2022 2:37 PM CDT |
 At 236 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over valley west mall, or over clive, moving east at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include two inch 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, valley west mall and walnut woods state park around 240 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include johnston, windsor heights, merle hay mall, norwalk, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, saylorville, iowa events center, principal park, southridge mall, des moines, margo frankel woods state park, ankeny, pleasant hill, carlisle, iowa state fairgrounds, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 66 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 93. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 154. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 2. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 8/19/2022 2:29 PM CDT |
 At 229 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over drake stadium and knapp center, or near des moines, with another storm near jordan creek, moving east at 35 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 severe storm will be near, iowa state fairgrounds around 235 pm cdt. pleasant hill, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport around 240 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include altoona, bondurant, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, mitchellville, valeria, colfax, prairie city and mingo. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 66 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 93. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 154. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 8/19/2022 2:23 PM CDT |
 At 223 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over windsor heights, or near urbandale, 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, saylorville, iowa events center, principal park and southridge mall around 230 pm cdt. des moines, ankeny and margo frankel woods state park around 235 pm cdt. pleasant hill, carlisle, iowa state fairgrounds, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport around 240 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include altoona, bondurant, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, mitchellville, valeria, colfax, prairie city and mingo. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 66 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 93. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 154. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 6/15/2022 2:25 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern greene, eastern guthrie, boone and dallas counties will expire at 230 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and have exited some of the warned area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however heavy rain is still possible with these thunderstorms. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 400 am cdt for central, south central, southwestern and west central iowa.
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| 6/15/2022 1:41 AM CDT |
 At 139 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near jefferson to near stuart, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated. at 134 am, guthrie county emergency management reported 65 mph wind near the intersection of 310th street and highway 25). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/5/2022 3:56 PM CDT |
 At 355 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or over urbandale, moving north at 20 mph (broadcast media). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, johnston around 400 pm cdt. ankeny and grimes around 405 pm cdt. saylorville around 410 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 133. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 5. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/23/2022 7:37 PM CDT |
 At 736 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from johnston to near norwalk to 8 miles southeast of avenue of the saints event center, moving east at 70 mph (public). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, southridge mall, jordan creek town center and adventureland amusement park.
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| 4/23/2022 7:26 PM CDT |
 At 726 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near waukee to near avenue of the saints event center to near lakeside casino, moving northeast at 70 mph (public). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, winterset, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, van meter and adventureland amusement park.
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| 4/23/2022 7:14 PM CDT |
 At 713 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near earlham to 10 miles south of winterset to 7 miles northeast of sun valley lake, moving northeast at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 4/23/2022 5:58 PM CDT |
 At 558 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles east of panora to near earlham to 9 miles southwest of winterset, moving east 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. Locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, dallas center, earlham, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, redfield, minburn, linden, bouton, macksburg and badger creek state park.
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| 4/23/2022 5:48 PM CDT |
 At 547 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near panora to near stuart to 6 miles northeast of green valley lake, moving northeast at 60 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 3/5/2022 4:53 PM CST |
 At 453 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm was located over earlham, or 11 miles northwest of winterset, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, de soto around 505 pm cst. van meter around 510 pm cst. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include adel, dallas center, waukee, urbandale and grimes. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 71 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 127. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 2. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 12/15/2021 6:24 PM CST |
 At 623 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from slater to near new virginia, moving east at 75 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, melcher-dallas around 640 pm cst. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include baxter and rock creek lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 39 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 189. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.
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| 12/15/2021 6:19 PM CST |
 At 619 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles north of state center to near baxter to near carlisle, moving east at 80 mph. these are destructive storms for central 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. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley and saylorville.
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| 12/15/2021 5:55 PM CST |
 At 554 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near boone to grimes to near winterset, moving east at 80 mph. dallas county emergency management confirmed 80 mph winds moving through the county. these are destructive storms for central iowa (emergency management). 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. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, greenfield, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant and polk city.
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| 12/15/2021 5:40 PM CST |
 At 539 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of perry to 10 miles southwest of winterset, moving east at 65 mph. these are destructive storms for central 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. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, greenfield, guthrie center, windsor heights, carlisle and bondurant.
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| 12/15/2021 5:10 PM CST |
 At 509 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near coon rapids to 8 miles north of lake icaria, moving east at 80 mph. these are destructive storms for central 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 7/9/2021 2:18 PM CDT |
 At 217 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (trained weather spotters. this storm has a history of producing golfball to 3 inch diameter hail). Hazards include baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, pleasant hill around 225 pm cdt. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 96. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 2:08 PM CDT |
 At 207 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or near des moines, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (trained weather spotters. this storm has a history of producing hail up to 3 inches in diameter. this is a very dangerous situation). Hazards include baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, des moines and drake stadium and knapp center around 210 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include principal park, iowa events center, des moines int`l airport, iowa state fairgrounds and pleasant hill. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 96. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 1:55 PM CDT | Golf Ball sized hail reported 1 miles SSE of Grimes, IA, report from mping: golf ball (1.75 in.). |
| 7/9/2021 1:54 PM CDT |
 At 153 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving southeast at 25 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (trained weather spotters. three inch hail was reported with this storm in woodward). Hazards include three inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, saylorville around 200 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include clive, merle hay mall, valley west mall, jordan creek town center, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, windsor heights, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, des moines int`l airport, principal park, iowa state fairgrounds and pleasant hill. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 97. interstate 80 between mile markers 112 and 148. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 1:40 PM CDT |
 At 138 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 7 miles northwest of grimes, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very rare and dangerous storm!! (trained weather spotters reported baseball sized hail. hail to softball sized is possible. this is a rare and very dangerouns situation. take cover now!). Hazards include softball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, polk city and saylorville lake around 145 pm cdt. waukee and grimes around 150 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include urbandale, johnston, saylorville, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, clive, windsor heights, merle hay mall, valley west mall, jordan creek town center, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, des moines int`l airport, principal park, iowa state fairgrounds and pleasant hill. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 103. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 1:32 PM CDT |
 At 131 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 11 miles east of perry, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (trained weather spotters. at 128 pm, baseball sized hail was reported near woodward with this storm). Hazards include baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, granger, saylorville lake and big creek lake around 140 pm cdt. polk city around 145 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include urbandale, grimes, saylorville, west des moines, johnston, clive, windsor heights, merle hay mall, valley west mall, des moines, ankeny, drake stadium and knapp center, altoona, bondurant, iowa events center, principal park, des moines int`l airport, prairie meadows, adventureland amusement park and iowa state fairgrounds. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 103. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 1:27 PM CDT |
 At 126 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 9 miles east of perry, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing large hail to golf ball sized hail with larger hail to tennis ball sized 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, madrid around 130 pm cdt. granger, saylorville lake and big creek lake around 140 pm cdt. polk city around 145 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include waukee, urbandale, grimes, saylorville, west des moines, johnston, clive, windsor heights, merle hay mall, valley west mall, des moines, ankeny and drake stadium and knapp center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 103. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/22/2021 5:46 PM CDT |
 At 546 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa events center, or over des moines, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated. multiple reports of quarter size hail have come in from trained 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, des moines around 550 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, pleasant hill and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 137. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/22/2021 5:35 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 2.1 miles NW of Grimes, IA, report from mping: quarter (1.00 in.). |
| 6/22/2021 5:33 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 1.6 miles SSE of Grimes, IA, time estimated by radar. |
| 6/22/2021 5:30 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 0.3 miles SW of Grimes, IA, report from mping: quarter (1.00 in.). |
| 6/22/2021 5:30 PM CDT |
 At 530 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over urbandale, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated. trained spotters have already reported at least quarter size hail with this storm). 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 thunderstorm will be near, valley west mall around 535 pm cdt. windsor heights, saylorville and merle hay mall around 540 pm cdt. drake stadium and knapp center around 545 pm cdt. des moines, ankeny, iowa events center, principal park and des moines int`l airport around 550 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include norwalk, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, pleasant hill and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 88. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 139. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/22/2021 5:28 PM CDT |
 At 527 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated. trained spotters have reported quarter size hail with this storm already). 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, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes and jordan creek town center. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 6/22/2021 5:25 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 1.6 miles SSE of Grimes, IA, nickel to quarter size hail. |
| 6/22/2021 5:24 PM CDT |
 At 524 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes and jordan creek town center. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 6/22/2021 5:15 PM CDT |
 At 515 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near granger, or near grimes, 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. locations impacted include, waukee, saylorville lake, urbandale, grimes, jordan creek town center, west des moines, johnston and clive. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 6/22/2021 4:59 PM CDT |
 At 459 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near perry, moving east 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, dallas center around 505 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include waukee, granger, urbandale, saylorville lake, grimes, polk city, west des moines, johnston and clive. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 120 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 8/10/2020 11:39 AM CDT | Multiple large tree limbs down... largest is eight inches in diameter. exact time unknow in polk county IA, 0.9 miles S of Grimes, 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.
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| 8/10/2020 10:58 AM CDT |
 At 1058 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over polk city, or near johnston, moving east at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 8/10/2020 10:25 AM CDT |
 At 1024 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near gowrie to 9 miles northwest of perry to near stuart, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters and numerous other reports with 70 mph plus winds reported with these storms). 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, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, boone, grimes, perry, jefferson, adel, guthrie center, polk city, madrid, ogden, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora and de soto. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 129. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 8/10/2020 10:11 AM CDT |
 At 1011 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 miles east of lake city to near jefferson to 8 miles west of stuart, moving east at 55 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.
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| 7/14/2020 8:20 PM CDT |
 At 820 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over drake stadium and knapp center, or near des moines, moving southeast at 15 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, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, saylorville, southridge mall, jordan creek town center, merle hay mall, iowa events center, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center and valley west mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 64 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 89. interstate 80 between mile markers 123 and 140. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/14/2020 8:09 PM CDT |
 At 754 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over urbandale, moving southeast at 15 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.
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| 7/14/2020 7:55 PM CDT |
 At 754 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over urbandale, moving southeast at 15 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.
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| 7/14/2020 7:45 PM CDT | Hen Egg sized hail reported 0.9 miles S of Grimes, IA, via social media. |
| 7/14/2020 7:44 PM CDT | Hen Egg sized hail reported 1 miles SSE of Grimes, IA, via social media. |
| 7/14/2020 7:41 PM CDT |
 At 716 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or near grimes, moving southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/14/2020 7:16 PM CDT |
 At 716 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or near grimes, moving southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/5/2020 4:39 AM CDT | Winds of at least 60 mph between 436a and 439 in polk county IA, 1 miles SSE of Grimes, IA |
| 6/5/2020 4:37 AM CDT |
 At 437 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near saylorville lake to near earlham, moving southeast at 45 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. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, stuart, dallas center and slater. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 102. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 146. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/5/2020 4:12 AM CDT |
 At 411 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near boone speedway to 6 miles north of panora, moving southeast at 35 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.
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| 6/3/2020 5:05 AM CDT |
 At 505 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville, or near ankeny, 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. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, saylorville lake, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall and iowa events center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 71 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 99. interstate 80 between mile markers 123 and 156. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/3/2020 4:55 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for eastern dallas county will expire at 500 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.
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| 6/3/2020 4:49 AM CDT |
 At 449 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, 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.
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| 6/3/2020 4:41 AM CDT |
 At 441 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, dallas center, granger and minburn. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 119 and 120.
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| 6/3/2020 4:24 AM CDT |
 At 424 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near adel, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 9/9/2019 7:55 PM CDT |
 At 755 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or over johnston, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, big creek lake, drake stadium and knapp center, saylorville lake, valley west mall, merle hay mall, des moines int`l airport, elkhart, alleman, sheldahl and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 138. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 7.
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| 9/9/2019 7:47 PM CDT |
 At 747 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over jordan creek town center, or over clive, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 9/9/2019 6:12 PM CDT |
 At 611 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or near grimes, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, saylorville lake, big creek lake, minburn and dawson. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 near mile marker 93. Interstate 80 between mile markers 111 and 117, and between mile markers 126 and 130.
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| 9/9/2019 5:54 PM CDT |
 At 553 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of adel, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 9/9/2019 4:51 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern madison and dallas counties will expire at 500 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central, south central and west central iowa.
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| 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
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| 9/9/2019 4:27 PM CDT |
 At 427 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, 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, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, earlham, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, redfield, dexter, minburn, linden, dawson and bouton. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 98 and 122.
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| 9/9/2019 4:06 PM CDT |
 At 406 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over stuart, or 13 miles northeast of greenfield, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 9/9/2019 3:51 AM CDT |
 At 350 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over west des moines, moving north 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, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, jordan creek town center, valley west mall, merle hay mall, iowa events center, cumming and spring hill. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 60 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 128. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 12.
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| 9/9/2019 3:24 AM CDT |
 At 324 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of norwalk, moving northeast 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.
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| 8/20/2019 5:06 AM CDT |
 At 505 am cdt, the center of a cluster of spirally strong to severe thunderstorms was located 7 miles northwest of adel, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, guthrie center, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama and avenue of the saints event center. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 121.
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| 8/20/2019 4:35 AM CDT |
 At 435 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, 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.
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| 7/20/2019 7:26 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northern madison and dallas counties will expire at 730 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central and south central iowa. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.
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| 7/20/2019 7:14 PM CDT |
 At 714 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near norwalk, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, winterset, adel, dallas center, earlham, de soto, van meter, jordan creek town center, st. charles, minburn, patterson, badger creek state park and winterset-madison county airport. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 102 and 121.
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| 7/20/2019 7:00 PM CDT |
 At 659 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or over johnston, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 7/20/2019 6:41 PM CDT |
 At 641 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near adel, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/20/2019 5:08 PM CDT |
 At 508 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near saylorville lake, or near ankeny, 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, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, baxter and southridge mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 near mile marker 72, and between mile markers 87 and 105. interstate 80 between mile markers 123 and 151. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/20/2019 5:02 PM CDT | Power poles down. relayed via fire department. time estimate in dallas county IA, 3.3 miles SSE of Grimes, IA |
| 7/20/2019 4:59 PM CDT |
 At 459 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or near grimes, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 7/20/2019 4:45 PM CDT |
 At 444 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 10 miles north of grimes, moving southeast 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, urbandale, johnston, grimes, perry, polk city, madrid, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, sheldahl, bouton, big creek state park and perry municipal airport.
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| 7/20/2019 4:28 PM CDT |
 At 428 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, moving southeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 7/3/2019 4:17 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk, southern boone and dallas counties has expired, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened just below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. however gusty winds to 50 mph and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
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| 7/3/2019 3:39 PM CDT |
 At 339 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, moving southeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/22/2019 8:25 PM CDT |
 At 825 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over earlham, or 11 miles southwest of adel, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/27/2019 6:49 AM CDT |
 At 649 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from johnston to 8 miles west of melcher-dallas, moving northeast at 80 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/16/2019 9:29 PM CDT |
 At 915 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving east at 35 mph (trained weather spotters. a tree was reported downed in the city of des moines). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/16/2019 9:15 PM CDT |
 At 915 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving east at 35 mph (trained weather spotters. a tree was reported downed in the city of des moines). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/16/2019 8:48 PM CDT |
 At 847 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, dallas center, jordan creek town center, valley west mall, saylorville lake, redfield and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 114 and 130. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 3.
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| 5/16/2019 8:41 PM CDT |
 At 841 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, 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. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, dallas center, granger, de soto, big creek lake, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake, valley west mall, redfield, minburn, walnut woods state park and big creek state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 114 and 130. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 3.
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| 5/16/2019 8:22 PM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. western polk county in central iowa. central dallas county in central iowa. until 915 pm cdt. At 822 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas.
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| 5/16/2019 7:58 PM CDT |
 A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 830 pm cdt for southwestern polk and southeastern dallas counties. at 758 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving northeast at 20 mph. hazard. quarter size hail. source. trained weather spotters. At 755 pm, quarter size hail was.
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| 5/16/2019 7:58 PM CDT |
 A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 830 pm cdt for southwestern polk and southeastern dallas counties. at 758 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving northeast at 20 mph. hazard. quarter size hail. source. trained weather spotters. At 755 pm, quarter size hail was.
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| 5/16/2019 7:58 PM CDT |
 At 758 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving northeast at 20 mph (trained weather spotters. at 755 pm, quarter size hail was reported in adel by trained storm spotter). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, dallas center, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake, valley west mall and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 117 and 130. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 3.
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| 5/16/2019 7:46 PM CDT |
 At 745 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 4/28/2019 9:09 PM CDT |
 At 908 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near van meter, or near waukee, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 4/17/2019 3:32 PM CDT |
 At 331 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 9 miles east of perry, 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. Locations impacted include, johnston, grimes, madrid, dallas center, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, bouton and big creek state park.
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| 4/17/2019 3:13 PM CDT |
 At 312 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, 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. Locations impacted include, johnston, grimes, perry, madrid, dallas center, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, dawson, bouton, perry municipal airport and big creek state park.
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| 4/17/2019 3:04 PM CDT |
 At 304 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near panora, or 10 miles southwest of perry, 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.
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| 9/1/2018 8:50 PM CDT |
 At 849 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northwest of grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 9/1/2018 8:26 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for polk. south central story and east central dallas counties will expire at 830 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.
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| 9/1/2018 8:02 PM CDT |
 At 802 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, grimes, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, granger, saylorville lake, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall, prairie meadows and big creek lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 102. interstate 80 between mile markers 125 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 13 and 14.
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| 9/1/2018 7:51 PM CDT |
 At 751 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 9/1/2018 7:36 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk, southwestern story, southeastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 745 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.
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| 9/1/2018 7:24 PM CDT |
 At 723 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 10 miles northwest of ankeny, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, grimes, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 99 and 107.
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| 9/1/2018 7:14 PM CDT |
 At 713 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville, or near ankeny, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
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| 9/1/2018 7:07 PM CDT |
 At 707 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or near johnston, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 9/1/2018 7:05 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 0.9 miles S of Grimes, IA, via social media. |
| 9/1/2018 6:53 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk and east central dallas counties will expire at 700 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.
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| 9/1/2018 6:42 PM CDT |
 At 641 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, saylorville lake, merle hay mall, big creek lake, alleman, margo frankel woods state park and big creek state park. This includes interstate 80 near mile marker 122, and between mile markers 125 and 132.
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| 9/1/2018 6:31 PM CDT |
 At 631 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, de soto, van meter, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake and merle hay mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 88 and 100. interstate 80 between mile markers 111 and 137. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 4.
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| 9/1/2018 6:16 PM CDT |
 At 615 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, de soto, van meter, jordan creek town center and saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 100. interstate 80 between mile markers 105 and 145. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 9, and between mile markers 11 and 14.
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| 9/1/2018 6:08 PM CDT |
 At 607 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over de soto, or near adel, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 9/1/2018 7:53 AM CDT |
 At 753 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over valley west mall, or near clive, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, dallas center, de soto, van meter and southridge mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 63 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 95. interstate 80 between mile markers 110 and 145. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 9/1/2018 7:40 AM CDT |
 At 740 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over van meter, or near waukee, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, dallas center, earlham, de soto and van meter. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 62 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 95. interstate 80 between mile markers 102 and 145. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 9/1/2018 7:24 AM CDT |
 At 723 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over earlham, or 11 miles northwest of winterset, 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 6/30/2018 9:20 PM CDT |
 At 919 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of perry to 9 miles west of dallas center to near earlham, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama, redfield, dexter, diamondhead lake, minburn and rippey. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 6/30/2018 9:08 PM CDT |
 At 907 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near panora to 10 miles northeast of stuart to near earlham, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/30/2018 8:35 PM CDT |
 At 835 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, redfield, minburn, bouton and perry municipal airport. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 107 and 121.
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| 6/30/2018 8:28 PM CDT |
 At 828 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over de soto, or near adel, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama, redfield, dexter and diamondhead lake. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 93 and 121.
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| 6/30/2018 8:14 PM CDT |
 At 814 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/30/2018 7:26 PM CDT |
 At 726 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or near johnston, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ankeny, johnston, grimes, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, slater, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman, sheldahl, big creek state park and ankeny regional airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 91 and 107.
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| 6/30/2018 7:21 PM CDT |
 At 720 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from woodward to near grimes, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, grimes, adel, dallas center, granger and woodward.
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| 6/30/2018 7:05 PM CDT |
 At 705 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or near grimes, moving east at 35 mph. 60 mph winds were reported in dallas center with this storm (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/30/2018 6:58 PM CDT |
 At 658 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, grimes, adel, dallas center, granger, woodward and minburn.
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| 6/30/2018 6:43 PM CDT |
 At 643 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near adel, 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.
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| 6/30/2018 5:20 PM CDT |
 At 520 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving north 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, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, dallas center, valley west mall, merle hay mall and jordan creek town center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 near mile marker 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 117 and 130. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 6/30/2018 5:02 PM CDT |
 At 502 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over van meter, or near waukee, moving northeast 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.
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| 6/25/2018 8:07 PM CDT |
 At 807 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or over johnston, moving north at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, granger, southridge mall, jordan creek town center and saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 96. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 148. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 6/25/2018 7:46 PM CDT |
 At 746 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over west des moines, moving north at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/6/2018 10:07 PM CDT |
 At 1006 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, 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. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, norwalk, adel, dallas center, de soto, van meter, des moines int`l airport, jordan creek town center, valley west mall and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 111 and 124. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 6/6/2018 9:53 PM CDT |
 At 952 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near adel, 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.
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| 6/6/2018 7:02 PM CDT |
 At 702 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near pleasantville to 7 miles southwest of norwalk to near earlham, 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, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, earlham, de soto, van meter, iowa state fairgrounds, des moines int`l airport, valley west mall and avenue of the saints event center. people attending sa-- principal charity classic should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 126. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 12.
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| 6/6/2018 6:48 PM CDT |
 At 648 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near mitchellville to carlisle to near west des moines, moving south 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, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, southridge mall, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall, iowa events center and prairie meadows. people attending sa-- principal charity classic should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 92. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/6/2018 6:39 PM CDT |
 At 639 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near pleasant hill to west des moines to 7 miles west of adel, 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.
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| 6/6/2018 6:32 PM CDT |
 At 631 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from clive to adel to 8 miles west of perry, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama, redfield, dexter and casey. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 6/6/2018 6:16 PM CDT |
 At 616 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of bondurant to adventureland amusement park to near grimes, 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, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, granger, southridge mall, saylorville lake and adventureland amusement park. people attending sa-- principal charity classic should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/6/2018 6:14 PM CDT |
 At 614 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near granger to near dallas center to 8 miles north of lake panorama, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, guthrie center, madrid, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama and redfield. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 6/6/2018 6:07 PM CDT |
 At 606 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of huxley to ankeny to near granger, moving south at 20 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.
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| 6/6/2018 6:00 PM CDT |
 At 600 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from big creek lake to near woodward to 8 miles north of lake panorama, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, jefferson, adel, guthrie center, madrid, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center and lake panorama. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 6/6/2018 5:57 PM CDT |
 At 556 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near big creek lake to 7 miles west of perry, moving south at 35 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.
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| 6/6/2018 5:40 PM CDT |
 At 540 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of huxley to near big creek lake, moving south at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, granger, southridge mall, saylorville lake and adventureland amusement park. people attending sa-- principal charity classic should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/6/2018 5:36 PM CDT |
 At 535 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near huxley to near madrid, moving south at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 5/29/2018 6:40 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for central dallas county will expire at 645 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 gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 pm cdt for central iowa.
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| 5/29/2018 6:30 PM CDT |
 At 630 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, moving northwest at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, grimes, dallas center and minburn.
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| 5/29/2018 6:12 PM CDT |
 At 612 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving northwest at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/29/2018 5:55 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for west central polk county will expire at 600 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 gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 pm cdt for central iowa.
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| 5/29/2018 5:37 PM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. west central polk county in central iowa. until 600 pm cdt. At 537 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over principal park, or over des moines, moving northwest at 35 mph.
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| 5/3/2018 5:55 PM CDT |
 The tornado warning for southwestern polk, northeastern madison and southeastern dallas counties will expire at 600 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 5/3/2018 5:34 PM CDT |
 At 534 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over jordan creek town center, or near west des moines, moving northeast at 35 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, this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 90 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 112 and 136. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 5.
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| 5/3/2018 5:26 PM CDT |
 At 526 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near van meter, or 7 miles southwest of west des moines, moving northeast at 35 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, jordan creek town center around 540 pm cdt. west des moines, waukee and valley west mall around 545 pm cdt. urbandale, clive, windsor heights, merle hay mall and drake stadium and knapp center around 550 pm cdt. des moines, johnston and grimes around 555 pm cdt. ankeny, saylorville and saylorville lake around 600 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include ankeny regional airport, walnut woods state park, margo frankel woods state park and badger creek state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 90 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 112 and 136. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 5.
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| 4/13/2018 9:09 PM CDT |
 At 909 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near grimes, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, valley west mall, merle hay mall, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 96 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 125 and 132. Interstate 235 near mile marker 2.
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| 4/13/2018 8:59 PM CDT |
 At 859 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near waukee, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, de soto, van meter, big creek lake, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake and valley west mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 96 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 106 and 132. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 2.
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| 4/13/2018 8:43 PM CDT |
 At 843 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over de soto, or near adel, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 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.
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| 7/20/2017 9:33 PM CDT |
 At 931 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near madrid to near granger, moving east at 30 mph (emergency management. at 927 pm...estimated wind gusts of 60 mph and branches down 2 miles north of woodward). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, urbandale, waukee, grimes, perry, madrid, dallas center, granger, woodward, minburn, bouton and perry municipal airport.
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| 7/20/2017 9:19 PM CDT |
 At 919 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to near dallas center, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, urbandale, waukee, grimes, perry, madrid, dallas center, granger, woodward, minburn, bouton and perry municipal airport.
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| 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
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| 7/20/2017 9:06 PM CDT |
 At 905 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over perry, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters. at 901 pm a trained weather spotter reported a 59 mph wind gust 2 south of dawson). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, urbandale, waukee, grimes, perry, madrid, dallas center, granger, woodward, lake panorama, minburn, yale, jamaica, dawson, bouton, perry municipal airport and lakin slough game management area.
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| 7/20/2017 8:57 PM CDT |
 At 856 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of panora, or 9 miles west of perry, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/28/2017 12:24 PM CDT |
 At 524 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over pleasant hill, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/28/2017 11:41 AM CDT |
 At 441 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located near van meter, or 8 miles south of adel, moving east at 30 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and tennis ball 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 tornado will be near, van meter around 445 pm cdt. west des moines and jordan creek town center around 500 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include badger creek state park. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 105 and 121.
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| 6/28/2017 11:28 AM CDT |
 At 427 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over earlham, or 9 miles northwest of winterset, moving east at 30 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. the tornado will be near, de soto around 440 pm cdt. van meter around 445 pm cdt. west des moines, clive and jordan creek town center around 500 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include dexter and badger creek state park. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 96 and 121.
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| 6/27/2017 10:56 PM CDT |
 At 356 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near van meter, or near adel, 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. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, valley west mall, merle hay mall, jordan creek town center and weh-weh-neh-kee state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 92. interstate 80 between mile markers 114 and 138. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 6/27/2017 10:41 PM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. northwestern polk county in central iowa. southeastern dallas county in central iowa. until 430 am cdt. At 341 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over de soto, or.
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| 6/15/2017 11:00 PM CDT |
 At 1059 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or over johnston, moving east at 25 mph (at 10:53pm, public reported dime sized hail and estimated 60 mph wind gust near i-80 and 86th street). 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, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, saylorville, principal park, drake stadium and knapp center, valley west mall, merle hay mall, iowa events center, saylorville lake, margo frankel woods state park and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 123 and 138. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 10, and between mile markers 13 and 14.
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| 6/15/2017 10:50 PM CDT |
 At 1050 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over urbandale, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 6/14/2017 9:39 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk and eastern dallas counties will expire at 945 am 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 gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
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| 6/14/2017 9:24 AM CDT |
 At 924 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near grimes, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 near mile marker 94.
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| 6/14/2017 9:14 AM CDT |
 At 914 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/17/2017 4:36 PM CDT | Report of power lines down near dallas center-grimes high schoo in dallas county IA, 1.7 miles ESE of Grimes, IA |
| 5/17/2017 4:21 PM CDT |
 At 421 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near jefferson to near woodward to near carlisle, moving northeast at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). 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, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, saylorville, dallas center, southridge mall, jordan creek town center, merle hay mall and iowa events center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 65 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 114 and 136. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 12. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central, south central and west central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 4:19 PM CDT | Storm damage reported in polk county IA, 1 miles SSE of Grimes, IA |
| 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.
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| 5/17/2017 4:03 PM CDT |
 At 402 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles west of coon rapids to 9 miles east of panora to 6 miles southwest of indianola, moving north at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, audubon, guthrie center, windsor heights, carlisle, saylorville, dallas center and manning. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 98 and 136. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 12. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central, south central, southwestern and west central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 3:46 PM CDT |
 At 345 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 miles north of atlantic to 6 miles southeast of stuart to near lakeside casino, moving north at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/17/2017 3:18 PM CDT |
 At 318 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 7 miles north of johnston, moving north at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, grimes, polk city, saylorville, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 131 and 132. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 3:12 PM CDT |
 At 311 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near grimes, moving north at 40 mph (trained weather spotters quarter sized hail across the metro). 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, des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, merle hay mall, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 126 and 132. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 3:10 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 1.6 miles SSE of Grimes, IA |
| 5/17/2017 3:03 PM CDT |
 At 303 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 8 miles southeast of perry, 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, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, dallas center, granger, woodward, minburn and bouton. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 3:02 PM CDT |
 At 301 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over clive, moving north at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/17/2017 2:57 PM CDT |
 At 256 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or 7 miles north of adel, moving north at 55 mph (this storm has a history of producing quarter sized hail). 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, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, minburn and bouton. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 107 and 118. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 2:49 PM CDT |
 At 249 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving north at 50 mph (trained spotters reported quarter sized hail 2 miles east of adel at 247 pm). 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, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, minburn, bouton and badger creek state park. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 107 and 118. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 2:42 PM CDT |
 At 241 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over van meter, or near adel, moving north at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 8/11/2016 9:43 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for eastern madison, southwestern story, polk, northwestern warren, southeastern boone and southeastern dallas counties will expire at 945 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 and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 pm cdt for south central and central iowa. remember, a separate severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect until 1030pm.
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| 8/11/2016 9:36 PM CDT |
 At 935 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles north of bondurant to near mitchellville to 6 miles south of indianola, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, slater, granger and southridge mall.
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| 8/11/2016 9:09 PM CDT |
 At 908 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near slater to saylorville lake to 6 miles east of winterset, moving east at 45 mph (trained weather spotters. winds gusts estimated from 60 to 65 mph were reported 1 mile northwest of grimes). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley and saylorville.
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| 8/11/2016 9:07 PM CDT | A few tree branches down as wel in polk county IA, 1.2 miles N of Grimes, IA |
| 8/11/2016 9:07 PM CDT | A couple large tree branches down...roughly 5-7 inches in diameter and 10-15 feet in length along east 1st street near intersection of little beaver drive. several smal in polk county IA, 0.9 miles S of Grimes, IA |
| 8/11/2016 9:04 PM CDT |
 At 902 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from madrid to near grimes to near winterset, moving east at 45 mph. an area of enhanced winds on radar are currently indicated over granger, johnston, and polk city (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley and saylorville.
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| 8/11/2016 9:03 PM CDT | A few tree branches down as wel in polk county IA, 1.8 miles SSE of Grimes, IA |
| 8/11/2016 8:50 PM CDT |
 At 850 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to adel to 7 miles west of winterset, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley and saylorville.
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| 8/11/2016 8:39 PM CDT |
 At 838 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to 7 miles west of adel to stuart, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
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| 8/10/2016 5:28 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern dallas county will expire at 530 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 heavy rain is occurring with this thunderstorm. And a flash flood warning has.
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| 8/10/2016 5:17 PM CDT |
 At 517 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near grimes, moving north at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, dallas center, granger and minburn.
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| 8/10/2016 5:02 PM CDT |
 At 501 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near waukee, moving north at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
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| 6/14/2016 8:19 PM CDT |
 At 818 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of huxley, or 11 miles south of nevada, moving east at 50 mph (trained weather spotters. reported up to 60 mph wind gusts in dallas center). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, dallas center and granger.
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| 6/14/2016 8:03 PM CDT |
 At 803 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near polk city, or 5 miles northwest of ankeny, 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, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, dallas center, granger, woodward and minburn.
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| 6/14/2016 7:43 PM CDT |
 At 742 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or 7 miles north of adel, 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.
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| 5/26/2016 3:09 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk, southeastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 315 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.
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| 5/26/2016 2:57 AM CDT |
 At 256 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near granger, or 9 miles north of grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, polk city, madrid, granger, woodward, saylorville lake, big creek lake, bouton and big creek state park. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 127 and 132.
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| 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.
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| 5/26/2016 2:43 AM CDT |
 At 241 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of woodward, or 8 miles southeast of perry, moving northeast at 30 mph (law enforcement. at 234 am cdt half dollar size hail was reported approximately one mile south of minburn). 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, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, polk city, madrid, dallas center, granger, woodward, saylorville lake, big creek lake, minburn, bouton and big creek state park. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 127 and 132.
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| 5/26/2016 2:30 AM CDT |
 At 230 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest of dallas center, or 7 miles south of perry, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 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 3:07 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.
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| 11/11/2015 2:46 PM CST |
 At 246 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northwest of carroll to 7 miles southeast of coon rapids to 7 miles west of winterset, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
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| 8/8/2015 11:54 PM CDT |
 At 1153 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast of van meter, or 6 miles southwest of west des moines, 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. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, de soto, van meter, southridge mall, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, valley west mall, jordan creek town center, merle hay mall and principal park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 56 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 110 and 132. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 10.
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| 8/8/2015 11:33 PM CDT |
 At 1132 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, 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.
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| 7/27/2015 12:42 PM CDT | The severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern dallas, southwestern story and northern polk counties will expire at 1245 pm cdt, the severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. |
| 7/27/2015 12:31 PM CDT |
 At 1231 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 5 miles north of grimes, moving east 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, ankeny, johnston, altoona, grimes, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, prairie meadows, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 89 and 105. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
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| 7/27/2015 12:13 PM CDT |
 At 1212 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northwest of grimes, 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.
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| 6/24/2015 6:50 PM CDT |
 At 649 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast of panora, or 11 miles southwest of perry, moving southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
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| 5/17/2015 3:11 AM CDT | At 310 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, woodward around 330 am cdt. perry around 335 am cdt. ogden around 350 am cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include grand junction, rippey, beaver, minburn, berkley, bouton, ledges state park and perry municipal airport. 75in. |
| 6/30/2014 1:35 PM CDT | Small trees reported uprooted. ditch flooding around briarcreek housing development in polk county IA, 1 miles SSE of Grimes, IA |
| 9/19/2013 4:03 PM CDT | Six power poles snapped with power lines down on the road. just west of the intersection of highway 141 and highway 4 in polk county IA, 1.2 miles N of Grimes, IA |
| 9/19/2013 3:45 PM CDT | Roof damage reported at south prairie elementary school in grimes. from polk county emergency management. time estimated from rada in polk county IA, 0.4 miles ESE of Grimes, IA |
| 7/2/2013 3:52 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 0.6 miles NE of Grimes, IA |
| 7/2/2013 3:51 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 1.7 miles ESE of Grimes, IA, nickel to quarter size hail |
| 5/29/2013 2:45 PM CDT | Storm damage reported in polk county IA, 1.2 miles N of Grimes, IA |
| 5/19/2013 7:00 PM CDT | Large trees down or snapped off around tow in polk county IA, 1.2 miles N of Grimes, IA |
| 5/19/2013 6:56 PM CDT | Schoolnet site in polk county IA, 1.2 miles N of Grimes, IA |
| 5/19/2013 6:55 PM CDT | Golf Ball sized hail reported 3.1 miles ESE of Grimes, IA, delayed report |
| 5/19/2013 6:52 PM CDT | 12 inch diameter tree limbs down in dallas county IA, 1.7 miles ESE of Grimes, IA |
| 5/19/2013 6:48 PM CDT | New machine shed with over half of roof blown off in dallas county IA, 4.3 miles ESE of Grimes, IA |
| 8/8/2012 4:04 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 1.2 miles N of Grimes, IA, amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail in grimes. |
| 1/1/0001 12:00 AM | Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 1.7 miles NW of Grimes, IA |
| 1/1/0001 12:00 AM | Damage to large wooden railing on front porch. winds estimaed up to 60 mp in polk county IA, 0.5 miles NNW of Grimes, IA |
| 1/1/0001 12:00 AM | Trained spotter reports 55 to 60 mph at the walmart in grimes. 4 inch diameter trees snapped with win in polk county IA, 1.7 miles NW of Grimes, IA |
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