Hail Map for Luther, IA

Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near Luther, IA

Date / Time	Report Details
7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT	At 850 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to near valeria to 4 miles east of pleasantville, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, indianola, altoona, waukee, boone, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, knoxville, nevada, windsor heights, and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 125. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 173. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
7/31/2024 8:27 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, southwestern marshall county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, marion county in south central iowa, jasper county in central iowa, southern boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 915 pm cdt. * at 825 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of woodward to near margo frankel woods state park to milo, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 65 mph wind gusts. the des moines airport gusted to 66 mph. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/30/2024 9:23 AM CDT	At 922 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near kelley to polk city to near de soto, moving southeast at 40 mph (radar indicated. several weather stations have reported winds of 50 to 55 mph with these storms). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, nevada, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, and polk city. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 61 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 123. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 148. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
7/30/2024 9:23 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/30/2024 8:53 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, northeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, northwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 1000 am cdt. * at 853 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from fraser to 4 miles north of bouton to near panora, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/30/2024 2:53 AM CDT	At 252 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles south of roland to 4 miles northwest of maxwell to 5 miles east of elkhart to near altoona to 4 miles southeast of southridge mall, moving southeast at 50 mph (automated systems. at 247 am, a measured wind gust of 59 mph was reported at the des moines international airport). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, nevada, carlisle, bondurant, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, maxwell and colo around 255 am cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include swan, sandyville, prairie city krohn airport, monroe, pleasantville, baxter and rhodes.
7/30/2024 2:38 AM CDT	At 238 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northwest of gilbert to ames municipal airport to near alleman to ankeny regional airport to walnut woods state park, moving southeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, ames, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, nevada, carlisle, bondurant, indianola, hartford, runnells, collins, mingo, valeria, colfax, prairie city, colo, ackworth, swan, sandyville, prairie city krohn airport, pleasantville, baxter, rhodes and monroe.
7/30/2024 2:38 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/30/2024 2:23 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, southwestern marshall county in central iowa, southeastern webster county in central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, western jasper county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 315 am cdt. * at 222 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles southeast of stratford to near boone municipal airport to 4 miles northeast of madrid to near saylorville lake to near waukee, moving southeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive and norwalk around 230 am cdt. altoona, pleasant hill, nevada, bondurant, southridge mall, adventureland amusement park, iowa state fairgrounds and prairie meadows around 235 am cdt. carlisle and roland around 240 am cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include indianola, mitchellville, maxwell, spring hill, valeria, colfax, colo, hartford, runnells, collins, mingo, ackworth, prairie city, swan, sandyville, prairie city krohn airport, pleasantville, baxter, rhodes and monroe.
7/30/2024 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.
7/28/2024 8:17 PM CDT	The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area with a new warning issued for eastern boone and into story county. therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
7/28/2024 8:14 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, story county in central iowa, eastern boone county in central iowa, * until 900 pm cdt. * at 814 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone municipal airport, or 5 miles east of boone, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/28/2024 8:00 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/28/2024 8:00 PM CDT	At 800 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near ogden, or near boone, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, boone, madrid, ogden, boone speedway, boxholm, pilot mound, luther, fraser, beaver, berkley, boone municipal airport, and ledges state park.
7/28/2024 7:52 PM CDT	At 752 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ogden, or 9 miles west of boone, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, boone, jefferson, madrid, ogden, boone speedway, dayton, grand junction, stratford, harcourt, paton, boxholm, pilot mound, luther, fraser, dana, beaver, berkley, jefferson municipal airport, boone municipal airport, and ledges state park.
7/28/2024 7:35 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northeastern greene county in west central iowa, southeastern webster county in central iowa, southwestern hamilton county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, * until 815 pm cdt. * at 735 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dana, or 5 miles northeast of jefferson, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/15/2024 5:15 PM CDT	At 514 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cambridge, or 8 miles south of nevada, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, marshalltown, boone, nevada, story city, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, state center, roland, baxter, gilbert, iowa state center, big creek lake, boone speedway, saylorville lake, maxwell, colo, and melbourne. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 126.
7/15/2024 5:01 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, western marshall county in central iowa, northern jasper county in central iowa, eastern boone county in central iowa, * until 530 pm cdt. * at 501 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/4/2024 7:06 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 745 pm cdt. * at 705 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 12 miles north of grimes, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/4/2024 6:17 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, western story county in central iowa, central boone county in central iowa, * until 700 pm cdt. * at 617 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over boone, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/24/2024 5:06 AM CDT	At 506 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woolstock to 4 miles east of gilbert to adventureland amusement park, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, fort dodge, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, webster city, nevada, clarion, windsor heights, carlisle, and bondurant. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 66 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 152. interstate 80 between mile markers 117 and 156. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
5/24/2024 5:06 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/24/2024 4:48 AM CDT	the tornado warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/24/2024 4:48 AM CDT	At 447 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over madrid, or 10 miles south of boone, moving east 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, madrid and luther around 450 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include luther and ledges state park.
5/24/2024 4:46 AM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, northwestern polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 530 am cdt. * at 445 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near ledges state park, or 9 miles south of boone, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, madrid, luther, and ledges state park around 450 am cdt. kelley around 455 am cdt. ames, iowa state center, and ames municipal airport around 500 am cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include kelley, luther, ledges state park, ames municipal airport, sheldahl, and cambridge. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 105 and 119.
5/24/2024 4:40 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, northern madison county in south central iowa, webster county in central iowa, southern wright county in north central iowa, western jasper county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, hamilton county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, northeastern calhoun county in west central iowa, southeastern humboldt county in north central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 530 am cdt. * at 439 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lizard creek state recreation area to near ogden to near waukee, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/24/2024 4:28 AM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, northwestern polk county in central iowa, southeastern greene county in west central iowa, northeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, southern boone county in central iowa, northern dallas county in central iowa, * until 500 am cdt. * at 428 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over perry municipal airport, or over perry, moving east 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, perry, woodward, and bouton around 435 am cdt. madrid and luther around 445 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include dawson, bouton, perry municipal airport, luther, and ledges state park.
5/21/2024 4:11 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern lucas county in south central iowa, polk county in central iowa, northwestern decatur county in south central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern madison county in south central iowa, eastern union county in south central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 515 pm cdt. * at 410 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles west of granger to near grand river, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/21/2024 12:34 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/21/2024 12:14 AM CDT	At 1213 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles south of breda to near minburn, 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. Locations impacted include, boone, carroll, perry, jefferson, adel, madrid, ogden, lake city, dallas center, glidden, woodward, boone speedway, grand junction, scranton, bayard, churdan, farnhamville, lohrville, minburn, and bagley.
5/21/2024 12:14 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/20/2024 11:58 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, greene county in west central iowa, southwestern webster county in central iowa, northeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, southeastern sac county in west central iowa, southern calhoun county in west central iowa, boone county in central iowa, carroll county in west central iowa, northwestern dallas county in central iowa, * until 1245 am cdt. * at 1158 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from arcadia to 6 miles northwest of adel, 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.
5/8/2024 8:10 PM CDT	At 810 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near kelley, or 6 miles southwest of ames, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, eldora, story city, huxley, roland, gilbert, iowa state center, hubbard, cambridge, alden, zearing, radcliffe, mccallsburg, kelley, new providence, randall, luther, buckeye, and garden city. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 103 and 133.
5/8/2024 7:36 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, story county in central iowa, hardin county in central iowa, northeastern boone county in central iowa, southeastern hamilton county in central iowa, * until 830 pm cdt. * at 736 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or 5 miles northwest of ames, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/8/2024 7:23 PM CDT	At 722 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 7 miles northwest 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. Locations impacted include, polk city, madrid, dallas center, slater, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, sheldahl, and big creek state park.
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.
5/8/2024 6:53 PM CDT	At 653 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over bouton, or near perry, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, perry, madrid, ogden, woodward, bouton, luther, berkley, perry municipal airport, and ledges state park.
5/8/2024 6:39 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern boone county in central iowa, northern dallas county in central iowa, * until 730 pm cdt. * at 639 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over minburn, or 6 miles south of perry, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/30/2024 6:24 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, story county in central iowa, marshall county in central iowa, southern hardin county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, southeastern hamilton county in central iowa, * until 715 pm cdt. * at 624 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ledges state park, or near boone, moving east at 65 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/30/2024 6:15 PM CDT	At 614 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near ledges state park, or 5 miles southwest of boone, 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, boone, perry, jefferson, madrid, ogden, woodward, boone speedway, grand junction, sheldahl, rippey, pilot mound, dawson, bouton, luther, fraser, dana, beaver, berkley, jefferson municipal airport, and boone municipal airport.
4/30/2024 6:15 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
4/30/2024 6:02 PM CDT	At 601 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over rippey, or 8 miles northwest of perry, 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, boone, perry, jefferson, madrid, ogden, woodward, boone speedway, grand junction, scranton, sheldahl, bagley, rippey, jamaica, pilot mound, dawson, bouton, luther, fraser, dana, and beaver.
4/30/2024 6:02 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
4/30/2024 5:39 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, greene county in west central iowa, northeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, boone county in central iowa, east central carroll county in west central iowa, northwestern dallas county in central iowa, * until 630 pm cdt. * at 539 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of scranton, or 8 miles southwest of jefferson, 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.
4/16/2024 12:04 PM CDT	At 1203 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near hardy to near kamrar to near roland to near nevada, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, fort dodge, johnston, boone, webster city, nevada, iowa falls, clarion, eldora, eagle grove, story city, polk city, huxley, belmond, slater, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, and elm lake. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 98 and 171.
4/16/2024 11:49 AM CDT	The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 600 pm 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 for portions of central iowa.
4/16/2024 11:41 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, northwestern marshall county in central iowa, hardin county in central iowa, eastern webster county in central iowa, wright county in north central iowa, western franklin county in north central iowa, eastern humboldt county in north central iowa, northeastern boone county in central iowa, hamilton county in central iowa, * until 1245 pm cdt. * at 1140 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near lehigh to 6 miles northeast of fraser to near kelley to alleman, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts with brief tornadoes possible. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
4/16/2024 11:27 AM CDT	At 1126 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near ledges state park, or 7 miles southwest of boone, moving north at 50 mph (radar indicated rotation. this storm produced a tornadic debris signature earlier, but the feature has dissipated). 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, ledges state park around 1130 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include luther, bouton, and ledges state park.
4/16/2024 11:11 AM CDT	At 1111 am cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over minburn, or 6 miles southeast of perry, moving north at 50 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. this tornado will be near, woodward and bouton around 1115 am cdt. ledges state park around 1125 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include minburn, bouton, luther, and ledges state park.
4/16/2024 11:09 AM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, southern boone county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 1145 am cdt. * at 1108 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over minburn, or 8 miles southeast of perry, moving north at 55 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, woodward and bouton around 1115 am cdt. ledges state park around 1120 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include minburn, bouton, luther, and ledges state park.
7/12/2023 8:05 AM CDT	At 805 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over lake ahquabi state park, or 7 miles south of indianola, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of polk, story, madison, northeastern union, eastern boone, clarke, eastern dallas and warren counties, including the following locations, truro, lake ahquabi state park, spring hill, martensdale, otter creek county park, maxwell, cambridge and lorimor. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 107 and 146. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/12/2023 7:41 AM CDT	At 740 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, east peru around 745 am cdt. truro and patterson around 750 am cdt. avenue of the saints event center, st. charles, martensdale, st. marys and bevington around 755 am cdt. new virginia around 800 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include lake ahquabi state park and otter creek county park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 96 and 146. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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.
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.
7/11/2022 5:15 AM CDT	At 513 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near story city to near nevada to 7 miles southeast of huxley, moving east at 50 mph (broadcast media. at 508 am cdt a local tv station reported large tree branches down in ames, with 58 mph winds at the airport). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, story city, huxley, madrid, ogden, slater, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, woodward, iowa state center, boone speedway, maxwell, colo, cambridge, stratford, zearing and ellsworth. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/11/2022 4:44 AM CDT	At 443 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of gowrie to near boone to near woodward, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/11/2022 4:20 AM CDT	At 419 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near gowrie to near jefferson to 9 miles north of lake panorama, moving east at 65 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.
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.
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
4/23/2022 6:20 PM CDT	At 620 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to grimes to near west des moines, moving northeast at 50 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid and slater.
4/23/2022 6:07 PM CDT	At 607 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to near adel to near van meter, moving northeast at 50 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
12/15/2021 6:02 PM CST	At 601 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles north of union slogh to near webster city, moving northeast at 80 mph. these are destructive storms for portions of central and northern iowa (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. Locations impacted include, fort dodge, boone, algona, emmetsburg, dakota city, humboldt, madrid, ogden, gowrie, swan lake, five island lake, ingham lake, iowa lake, fort dodge regional airport, high lake, okamanpedan lake, boone speedway, armstrong, graettinger and dayton.
12/15/2021 5:48 PM CST	At 547 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles east of five island lake to 10 miles east of gowrie, moving northeast at 80 mph. these are destructive storms for portions of central and northern iowa (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of greene, emmet, webster, pocahontas, kossuth, eastern calhoun, humboldt, boone and palo alto counties, including the following locations, ayrshire, woodman hollow state park, kearney state park, curlew, whittemore, ottosen, pomeroy, jolley, jefferson municipal airport and swea city.
12/15/2021 5:19 PM CST	At 518 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from sioux rapids to near coon rapids, moving northeast at 80 mph. these are destructive storms for portions of 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. severe thunderstorms will be near, silver lake and rush lake around 530 pm cst. jefferson around 535 pm cst. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include emmetsburg and five island lake.
7/9/2021 1:36 PM CDT	At 135 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 10 miles north of grimes, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (radar indicated. 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. Locations impacted include, perry, huxley, madrid, dallas center, slater, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, bouton, luther, perry municipal airport, big creek state park and ledges state park.
7/9/2021 1:29 PM CDT	At 128 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 12 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. Locations impacted include, perry, huxley, madrid, dallas center, slater, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, bouton, luther, perry municipal airport, big creek state park and ledges state park.
7/9/2021 1:18 PM CDT	At 116 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northeast of perry, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing golf ball sized hail and even larger hail is possible). Hazards include tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, perry, huxley, madrid, ogden, dallas center, slater, granger, woodward, boone speedway, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, rippey, bouton, luther and berkley. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 109.
7/9/2021 1:01 PM CDT	At 100 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ogden, or 10 miles west of boone, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing large hail and the storm is intensifying). Hazards include tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
8/10/2020 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.
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.
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.
6/5/2020 4:28 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for southern greene, eastern guthrie, southwestern boone and northwestern dallas counties will expire at 430 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 am cdt for central and west central iowa. remember, a severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect for portions of boone, dallas and guthrie counties.
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.
6/5/2020 4:05 AM CDT	At 404 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near ogden to near lake panorama, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters reported trees and powerlines down in jefferson with this storm). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include, boone, perry, jefferson, madrid, ogden, panora, woodward, lake panorama, boone speedway, grand junction, bayard, minburn, bagley, rippey, yale, jamaica, linden, boxholm, dawson and bouton.
6/5/2020 3:45 AM CDT	At 345 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northwest of ogden to 6 miles northeast of coon rapids, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
9/9/2019 5:25 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northern polk, southwestern story and boone counties will expire at 530 pm cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central iowa. remember, a severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect for hardin, hamilton and portions of story and marshall counties until 600 pm.
9/9/2019 4:57 PM CDT	At 439 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to near granger to waukee, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
9/9/2019 4:39 PM CDT	At 439 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to near granger to waukee, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/15/2019 4:51 PM CDT	At 450 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or near ames, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters. the ames airport recently gusted to 65 mph). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/15/2019 4:36 PM CDT	At 436 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near iowa state center, or near ames, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, ogden, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, luther, boone municipal airport, ledges state park and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 112 and 118.
6/15/2019 4:21 PM CDT	At 421 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over boone, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/31/2019 5:27 PM CDT	At 526 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near slater, or 7 miles southwest of ames, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
8/28/2018 12:06 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern story, eastern boone and south central hamilton counties will expire at 1215 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.
8/28/2018 11:44 AM CDT	A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 1215 pm cdt for northwestern story. eastern boone and south central hamilton counties. at 1143 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone speedway, or near boone, moving northeast at 45 mph. hazard. Quarter size hail.
8/28/2018 11:34 AM CDT	At 1134 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or near perry, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
8/1/2018 8:41 PM CDT	At 841 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or 9 miles northeast of ankeny, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, boone, grimes, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, slater, granger, iowa state center, saylorville lake, big creek lake, boone speedway, maxwell, cambridge and elkhart. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 90 and 112. Interstate 80 between mile markers 129 and 132.
8/1/2018 8:16 PM CDT	At 816 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or near ames, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/30/2018 5:53 PM CDT	At 553 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 8 miles northeast of perry, moving north at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, boone, perry, madrid, ogden, dallas center, woodward, boone speedway, minburn, rippey, bouton, luther, berkley, boone municipal airport and ledges state park.
6/30/2018 5:43 PM CDT	At 543 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 7 miles east of perry, moving north at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/14/2018 3:25 AM CDT	At 325 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone speedway, or near boone, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
6/6/2018 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.
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.
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.
6/6/2018 5:50 PM CDT	At 550 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from slater to near granger to near perry, moving south at 15 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, ankeny, johnston, perry, polk city, madrid, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, sheldahl, bouton, luther, berkley, perry municipal airport, big creek state park and ledges state park.
6/6/2018 5:25 PM CDT	At 525 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 10 miles east of perry, 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.
6/6/2018 5:09 PM CDT	At 508 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near iowa state center, or near ames, moving east at 20 mph. a second severe storm was located near berkley moving east southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, story city, madrid, ogden, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, kelley, luther, berkley, boone municipal airport, ledges state park and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 121.
6/6/2018 5:00 PM CDT	At 500 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone speedway, or near boone, moving east at 20 mph. a second severe storm was located near berkley moving east at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, story city, madrid, ogden, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, grand junction, kelley, rippey, pilot mound, luther, fraser, beaver, berkley, boone municipal airport and ledges state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 121.
6/6/2018 4:40 PM CDT	At 439 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near ogden, or near boone, moving northeast at 25 mph. there are a cluster of storms across the warning area that all may be severe moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/1/2018 5:09 PM CDT	At 508 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 8 miles southeast of boone, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/1/2018 5:07 PM CDT	At 505 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 8 miles southeast of boone, moving northeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, madrid, woodward, boone speedway, bouton, luther, boone municipal airport and ledges state park.
5/1/2018 4:51 PM CDT	At 450 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northeast of perry, moving northeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters reported golfball sized hail in woodward at 448 pm). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, perry, story city, madrid, ogden, roland, gilbert, woodward, boone speedway, minburn, bouton, luther, fraser, perry municipal airport, boone municipal airport and ledges state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 121 and 126.
5/1/2018 4:35 PM CDT	At 435 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
4/13/2018 7:25 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for boone county will expire at 730 pm cdt, the severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has been replaced with a new warning. this warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 pm 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.
4/13/2018 7:10 PM CDT	A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 730 pm cdt for boone county. at 710 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone, moving northeast at 55 mph. hazard. 60 mph wind gusts. source. Radar indicated.
4/13/2018 6:52 PM CDT	At 652 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/20/2017 9:44 PM CDT	At 943 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to saylorville, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated. in addition...several reports of tree branches downed have been reported with these storms). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, grimes, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, mitchellville, slater, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, adventureland amusement park, iowa state center and prairie meadows. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/20/2017 9:19 PM CDT	At 918 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 10 miles east of perry, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters. several reports of 60 mph wind gusts have been received, with branches down). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/27/2017 10:48 PM CDT	At 347 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 8 miles south of boone, 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, madrid and luther.
6/27/2017 10:34 PM CDT	At 334 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 9 miles south of boone, 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, madrid, woodward, luther and ledges state park.
6/27/2017 10:23 PM CDT	At 323 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or near perry, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/17/2017 4:40 PM CDT	At 440 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of boone to near nevada to near colfax, moving northeast at 70 mph (trained weather spotters. these storms have a history of producing wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph with numerous trees down and minor structural damage). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, newton, altoona, boone, nevada, jefferson, bondurant, story city, huxley, madrid, mitchellville, colfax, ogden, prairie city, slater, state center, roland, baxter and gilbert. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 91 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 164. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central and west central iowa.
5/17/2017 4:17 PM CDT	At 415 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of jefferson to near grimes to near carlisle, moving north at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. at 410 pm...65 to 70 mph winds were reported in west des moines). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
5/16/2017 9:42 PM CDT	At 942 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving east at 50 mph (emergency management). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail two miles north of luther at 937 pm. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/16/2017 9:39 PM CDT	At 938 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or near ames, moving east at 60 mph (emergency management). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail at 937 pm two miles north of luther. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, huxley, madrid, slater, iowa state center, big creek lake, maxwell, colo, cambridge, collins, sheldahl, kelley, luther, ledges state park, ames municipal airport and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 101 and 116.
5/16/2017 9:30 PM CDT	At 929 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 11 miles south of boone, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/16/2017 9:15 PM CDT	At 915 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, 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, boone, perry, jefferson, madrid, ogden, dallas center, granger, woodward, boone speedway, grand junction, minburn, bagley, rippey, yale, paton, jamaica, boxholm, pilot mound, dawson and bouton.
5/16/2017 8:57 PM CDT	At 857 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near panora, or 10 miles northeast of guthrie center, 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.
3/6/2017 6:55 PM CST	At 653 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roland to 9 miles north of lakeside casino, moving east at 75 mph (radar indicated. at 6:45pm 67 mph wind was reported at the ames airport. 50-60 mph wind was observed at 6:41pm at the national weather service office in north johnston). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, nevada, winterset, adel, windsor heights and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 44 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 99 and 149. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cst for central, south central and southwestern iowa.
3/6/2017 6:36 PM CST	At 635 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near story city to 12 miles east of green valley lake, 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, boone, perry, winterset, adel, madrid, ogden, dallas center, earlham, de soto, woodward, van meter, boone speedway, redfield, dexter, diamondhead lake, minburn, pilot mound, bouton, luther and macksburg. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 95 and 114. A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cst for central, south central, southwestern and west central iowa.
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.
3/6/2017 6:03 PM CST	At 603 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of gowrie to 8 miles northeast of lake icaria, 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.
7/17/2016 4:03 AM CDT	At 402 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near parkersburg to 8 miles west of grundy center to near iowa state center, moving east at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, iowa falls, eldora, story city, huxley, ogden, ackley, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, hubbard, zearing, radcliffe, ellsworth, union and mccallsburg.
7/17/2016 3:49 AM CDT	At 349 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles north of ackley to 6 miles northwest of eldora to near ogden, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, iowa falls, hampton, eldora, story city, huxley, ogden, ackley, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, hubbard, dayton, grand junction, alden and stratford.
7/17/2016 3:20 AM CDT	At 320 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles east of belmond to near big wall lake to 9 miles southwest of gowrie, moving east at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
7/6/2016 12:50 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for story, southwestern hardin, southern hamilton and eastern boone counties will expire at 100 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and have exited the warned area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 am cdt for central iowa.
7/6/2016 12:46 AM CDT	At 1245 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of jewell junction to near huxley, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, story city, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, hubbard, radcliffe, ellsworth, stanhope, mccallsburg, kelley, randall, luther, garden city, ledges state park and boone municipal airport.
7/6/2016 12:31 AM CDT	At 1230 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from webster city to madrid, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, webster city, perry, nevada, iowa falls, story city, huxley, madrid, slater, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, woodward, iowa state center, boone speedway, maxwell, colo, hubbard and cambridge.
7/6/2016 12:14 AM CDT	At 1213 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of fort dodge to near perry, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
5/26/2016 3:37 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for southwestern story, southwestern hamilton, northwestern polk, boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 345 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and exited the warned area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
5/26/2016 3:26 AM CDT	At 326 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of story city to 4 miles northwest of perry, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, madrid, ogden, slater, woodward, boone speedway, sheldahl, kelley, bouton, luther, berkley, ledges state park, boone municipal airport and big creek state park.
5/26/2016 3:18 AM CDT	At 317 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles south of jewell junction to 10 miles northeast of lake panorama, moving southeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, perry, madrid, ogden, slater, woodward, boone speedway, stratford, stanhope, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, boxholm, pilot mound, bouton, luther, fraser, beaver and berkley.
5/26/2016 2:54 AM CDT	At 254 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of lake city to 7 miles south of panora, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
11/11/2015 3:58 PM CST	The severe thunderstorm warning for western story, polk, northern warren, eastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 400 pm cst, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a tornado watch remains in effect until 600 pm cst for south central iowa.
11/11/2015 3:07 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.
6/7/2015 1:36 AM CDT	At 135 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of boone speedway, or 7 miles southeast of boone, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. Locations impacted include, boone, madrid, ogden, woodward, boone speedway, sheldahl, luther, berkley, boone municipal airport and ledges state park.
6/7/2015 12:59 AM CDT	At 1259 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast of jefferson, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. Siding and trees.