Hail Map for Sheldahl, IA

Date / Time	Report Details
7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT	At 850 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to near valeria to 4 miles east of pleasantville, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, indianola, altoona, waukee, boone, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, knoxville, nevada, windsor heights, and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 125. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 173. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/31/2024 8:33 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/31/2024 8:33 PM CDT	At 831 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from sheldahl to ankeny regional airport to near pleasant hill to hartford, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 65 mph wind gusts. the des moines airport gusted to 66 mph. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 111. interstate 80 between mile markers 108 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
7/31/2024 8:27 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, southwestern marshall county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, marion county in south central iowa, jasper county in central iowa, southern boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 915 pm cdt. * at 825 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of woodward to near margo frankel woods state park to milo, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 65 mph wind gusts. the des moines airport gusted to 66 mph. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/31/2024 8:15 PM CDT	At 814 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to near urbandale to southridge mall to near spring hill, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, and polk city. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 111. interstate 80 between mile markers 99 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
7/31/2024 8:15 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
7/31/2024 7:54 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, southeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, eastern adair county in southwestern iowa, dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 845 pm cdt. * at 754 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of minburn to near de soto to 4 miles southeast of badger creek state park to near st. charles, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/30/2024 9:45 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.
7/30/2024 9:45 AM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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.
7/15/2024 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.
6/25/2024 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
6/4/2024 7:31 PM CDT	At 731 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near alleman, or 8 miles north of ankeny, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, big creek lake, iowa state center, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, big creek state park, and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 93 and 113.

6/4/2024 7:06 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 745 pm cdt. * at 705 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 12 miles north of grimes, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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 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.
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.
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 4:41 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.
5/24/2024 4:40 AM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, northern madison county in south central iowa, webster county in central iowa, southern wright county in north central iowa, western jasper county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, hamilton county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, northeastern calhoun county in west central iowa, southeastern humboldt county in north central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 530 am cdt. * at 439 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lizard creek state recreation area to near ogden to near waukee, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/21/2024 4:55 PM CDT	The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/21/2024 4:55 PM CDT	The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. note, a dangerous tornado is ongoing over southeast story county now. a tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/21/2024 4:51 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/21/2024 4:51 PM CDT	At 451 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near mccallsburg to milo, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city, huxley, saylorville, and mitchellville. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 130 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 3 and 14.
5/21/2024 4:41 PM CDT	the tornado warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
5/21/2024 4:41 PM CDT	At 440 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over alleman, or near ankeny, moving northeast at 60 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. this tornado will be near, huxley, cambridge, elkhart, and alleman around 445 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include elkhart, cambridge, sheldahl, alleman, and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 107.
5/21/2024 4:34 PM CDT	At 434 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over johnston, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, ankeny, polk city, huxley, slater, big creek lake, saylorville lake, elkhart and alleman around 440 pm cdt. cambridge and kelley around 445 pm cdt. ames around 450 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, elkhart, kelley, cambridge, sheldahl and alleman. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 107. Interstate 80 between mile markers 127 and 129.
5/21/2024 4:19 PM CDT	Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, northern polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 500 pm cdt. * at 418 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near adel, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, urbandale, clive, waukee, and grimes around 425 pm cdt. johnston, granger, and saylorville lake around 430 pm cdt. ankeny, polk city, big creek lake, and big creek state park around 435 pm cdt. alleman around 440 pm cdt. sheldahl around 445 pm cdt. huxley and cambridge around 450 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, elkhart, kelley, cambridge, sheldahl, and alleman. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 107. Interstate 80 near mile marker 111, and between mile markers 127 and 129.
5/21/2024 4:11 PM CDT	Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern lucas county in south central iowa, polk county in central iowa, northwestern decatur county in south central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern madison county in south central iowa, eastern union county in south central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 515 pm cdt. * at 410 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles west of granger to near grand river, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/8/2024 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.
5/7/2024 6:58 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 are still possible with this thunderstorm.
5/7/2024 6:47 PM CDT	At 646 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near elkhart, or 9 miles northeast of ankeny, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. a large tree was down in polk city around 635 pm. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ankeny, johnston, altoona, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, big creek lake, prairie meadows, adventureland amusement park, drake stadium and knapp center, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman, and sheldahl. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 106. interstate 80 between mile markers 133 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 13 and 14.
5/7/2024 6:47 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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
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	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 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 11:41 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
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.
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
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 10:23 PM CDT	At 1022 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cambridge, or 6 miles southwest of nevada, moving northeast at 40 mph (emergency management). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, nevada around 1030 pm cdt. colo around 1040 pm cdt. mccallsburg around 1050 pm cdt. zearing, clemons and st. anthony around 1055 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include zearing, kelley, ames municipal airport, alleman, st. anthony, maxwell, clemons and cambridge. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 121.
4/19/2023 10:10 PM CDT	At 1009 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 9 miles north of ankeny, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, cambridge around 1015 pm cdt. ames municipal airport around 1020 pm cdt. nevada and maxwell around 1025 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include colo, mccallsburg, zearing, clemons and st. anthony. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 121.
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.
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.
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.
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 6:31 PM CDT	At 631 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near madrid to near polk city to near windsor heights, moving east at 50 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, slater, iowa state center, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall and iowa events center.
4/23/2022 6:20 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 6:34 PM CST	At 634 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near alden to near grundy center, moving east at 85 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of story, marshall, hardin, eastern wright, western franklin, northeastern kossuth, hancock, southeastern boone, eastern hamilton and winnebago counties, including the following locations, wesley, steamboat rock, ferguson, forest city municipal airport, radcliffe, bradford, maxwell, cambridge, melbourne and buffalo center. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.
12/15/2021 6:24 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.
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.

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.
12/15/2021 5:52 PM CST	At 552 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near swan lake to near slater, moving northeast at 85 mph. these are destructive storms for portions of central and northern iowa (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. severe thunderstorms will be near, slater and iowa state center around 555 pm cst. ames, nevada and huxley around 600 pm cst. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include state center. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 102 and 178. thunderstorm damage threat, destructive hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 80 mph.
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.
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.
8/31/2021 12:10 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northern and central polk, story, southwestern marshall, southeastern boone and eastern dallas counties will expire at 1215 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for southeast polk county and areas to the east and southeast until 1230 am cdt. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.
8/30/2021 11:47 PM CDT	At 1146 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over bondurant, or near altoona, moving southeast at 15 mph (trained weather spotters reported 60 mph wind gusts in polk city at 1142 pm cdt). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, bondurant. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/30/2021 11:29 PM CDT	At 1129 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 9 miles north of ankeny, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, saylorville around 1140 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include ankeny and bondurant. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 139. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 8, and between mile markers 13 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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.
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.
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 1:32 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.
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 1:27 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.
7/9/2021 1:18 PM CDT	At 116 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northeast of perry, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing golf ball sized hail and even larger hail is possible). Hazards include tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, perry, huxley, madrid, ogden, dallas center, slater, granger, woodward, boone speedway, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, rippey, bouton, luther and berkley. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 109.
7/9/2021 1:01 PM CDT	At 100 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ogden, or 10 miles west of boone, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing large hail and the storm is intensifying). Hazards include tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
8/10/2020 11:07 AM CDT	At 1106 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roland to mitchellville to near carlisle, moving east at 60 mph. these are very dangerous storms (law enforcement). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, altoona, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 174. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
8/10/2020 10:46 AM CDT	At 1045 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles north of boone to saylorville lake to 6 miles southeast of van meter, moving east at 70 mph. these are very dangerous storms (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, altoona, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 174. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
8/10/2020 10:39 AM CDT	At 1039 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of boone to near granger to near van meter, moving east at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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.
8/6/2020 4:08 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk county will expire at 415 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, lightning, and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
8/6/2020 3:51 PM CDT	At 350 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over polk city, or near ankeny, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, ankeny, johnston, polk city, saylorville, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 101.
8/6/2020 3:35 PM CDT	At 334 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 8 miles north of johnston, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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.
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.

9/14/2019 3:36 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk, southwestern story, southeastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 345 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.
9/14/2019 3:22 PM CDT	At 259 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or near perry, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
9/14/2019 3:00 PM CDT	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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
6/15/2019 5:09 PM CDT	At 509 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near state center to 10 miles north of bondurant to saylorville, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing wind gusts over 60 mph). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, ankeny, johnston, altoona, pleasant hill, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, mitchellville, colfax, slater, baxter, saylorville lake, adventureland amusement park, iowa events center and big creek lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 114. interstate 80 between mile markers 132 and 152. Interstate 235 between mile markers 7 and 14.
6/15/2019 4:51 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
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.
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.
4/17/2019 3:57 PM CDT	At 357 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near polk city, or near ankeny, 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, ankeny, bondurant, polk city, huxley, slater, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 103.
4/17/2019 3:43 PM CDT	At 343 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 7 miles north 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.
9/1/2018 9:21 PM CDT	At 901 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 10 miles north of grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, ankeny, perry, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, alleman, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, bouton and big creek state park.
9/1/2018 9:01 PM CDT	At 901 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 10 miles north of grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, ankeny, perry, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, alleman, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, bouton and big creek state park.
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
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.
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.

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
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 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.
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
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.
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 6:07 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.
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 5:45 PM CDT	At 545 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or 9 miles northeast of ankeny, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, nevada, huxley, slater, iowa state center, maxwell, colo, cambridge, elkhart, collins, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, mingo and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 116.
6/6/2018 5:40 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.
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.
6/6/2018 5:28 PM CDT	At 527 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 8 miles southwest of nevada, moving south at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, nevada, huxley, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, maxwell, colo, cambridge, elkhart, collins, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, mingo and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 120.
6/6/2018 5:25 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 5:19 PM CDT	At 519 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/25/2018 6:46 PM CDT	At 645 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 7 miles southwest of nevada, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this storm has produced 61 to 64 mph winds at the ames airport over the past 30 minutes. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, huxley, slater, iowa state center, cambridge, sheldahl, kelley and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 102 and 113.
5/25/2018 6:25 PM CDT	At 625 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving southeast at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/3/2018 5:43 PM CDT	At 543 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over clive, moving northeast 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, ankeny and granger around 555 pm cdt. polk city and saylorville lake around 600 pm cdt. big creek lake around 605 pm cdt. slater around 610 pm cdt. huxley around 615 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, sheldahl, alleman, elkhart, cambridge and ankeny regional airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 105.
5/1/2018 5:29 PM CDT	At 528 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving northeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters. numerous reports in south ames). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, huxley, slater, roland, gilbert, iowa state center, colo, cambridge, zearing, mccallsburg, sheldahl, kelley and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 123.
5/1/2018 5:09 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.
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.
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.
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

7/20/2017 9:56 PM CDT	At 955 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near nevada to 6 miles east of huxley to bondurant, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman and sheldahl. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/20/2017 9:44 PM CDT	At 943 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to saylorville, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated. in addition...several reports of tree branches downed have been reported with these storms). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, grimes, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, mitchellville, slater, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, adventureland amusement park, iowa state center and prairie meadows. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/20/2017 9:19 PM CDT	At 918 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 10 miles east of perry, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters. several reports of 60 mph wind gusts have been received, with branches down). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/22/2017 9:49 PM CDT	At 947 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 11 miles east of perry, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
5/17/2017 4:40 PM CDT	At 440 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of boone to near nevada to near colfax, moving northeast at 70 mph (trained weather spotters. these storms have a history of producing wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph with numerous trees down and minor structural damage). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, newton, altoona, boone, nevada, jefferson, bondurant, story city, huxley, madrid, mitchellville, colfax, ogden, prairie city, slater, state center, roland, baxter and gilbert. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 91 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 164. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central and west central iowa.
5/17/2017 4:17 PM CDT	At 415 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of jefferson to near grimes to near carlisle, moving north at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. at 410 pm...65 to 70 mph winds were reported in west des moines). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
5/17/2017 3:36 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk county will expire at 345 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/17/2017 3:29 PM CDT	At 328 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 9 miles northwest of ankeny, moving northeast at 40 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, big creek lake, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/17/2017 3:28 PM CDT	At 327 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 10 miles northwest of ankeny, moving north at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
5/17/2017 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.
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.
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.
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
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 6:30 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.
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.
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.
8/11/2016 9:27 PM CDT	At 926 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from ames to near ankeny to near carlisle, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated. these storms have a history of producing 60 mph wind gusts). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
9/6/2015 9:33 PM CDT	At 933 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near polk city, or 4 miles northwest of ankeny, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe storm will be near, ankeny around 945 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include alleman, big creek state park, elkhart and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.
9/6/2015 9:20 PM CDT	At 920 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 11 miles north of johnston, moving southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe storm will be near, saylorville lake around 925 pm cdt. polk city around 930 pm cdt. ankeny around 1000 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include alleman, big creek state park, elkhart and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.
9/6/2015 9:12 PM CDT	At 912 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 13 miles south of boone, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, big creek lake and saylorville lake around 920 pm cdt. polk city around 930 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include alleman, big creek state park, elkhart and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.
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.
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.
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.
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Numerous 10 to 12 inch in diameter trees snapped...largest trees downed were 3 ft in diameter. trees laying in different directions. power lines down across the area. a in polk county IA, 1.6 miles N of Sheldahl, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Numerous 10 to 12 inch in diameter trees snapped. power lines down across the area. amateur radio repeater tower dow in polk county IA, 1.6 miles N of Sheldahl, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Trees down and crop damage in story county IA, 0.2 miles N of Sheldahl, IA

7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT

At 850 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to near valeria to 4 miles east of pleasantville, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, indianola, altoona, waukee, boone, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, knoxville, nevada, windsor heights, and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 125. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 173. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.

7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT

the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect

7/31/2024 8:33 PM CDT

the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect

7/31/2024 8:33 PM CDT

At 831 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from sheldahl to ankeny regional airport to near pleasant hill to hartford, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 65 mph wind gusts. the des moines airport gusted to 66 mph. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 111. interstate 80 between mile markers 108 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.

7/31/2024 8:27 PM CDT

Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, southwestern marshall county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, marion county in south central iowa, jasper county in central iowa, southern boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 915 pm cdt. * at 825 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of woodward to near margo frankel woods state park to milo, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 65 mph wind gusts. the des moines airport gusted to 66 mph. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees

7/31/2024 8:15 PM CDT

At 814 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to near urbandale to southridge mall to near spring hill, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, and polk city. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 111. interstate 80 between mile markers 99 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.

7/31/2024 8:15 PM CDT

the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect

7/31/2024 7:54 PM CDT

Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, southeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, eastern adair county in southwestern iowa, dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 845 pm cdt. * at 754 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of minburn to near de soto to 4 miles southeast of badger creek state park to near st. charles, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees

7/30/2024 9:45 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.

7/30/2024 9:45 AM CDT

the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect

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.

7/15/2024 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.

6/25/2024 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

6/4/2024 7:31 PM CDT

At 731 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near alleman, or 8 miles north of ankeny, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, big creek lake, iowa state center, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, big creek state park, and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 93 and 113.

6/4/2024 7:06 PM CDT

Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 745 pm cdt. * at 705 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 12 miles north of grimes, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees

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 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.

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.

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 4:41 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.

5/24/2024 4:40 AM CDT

Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, northern madison county in south central iowa, webster county in central iowa, southern wright county in north central iowa, western jasper county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, hamilton county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, northeastern calhoun county in west central iowa, southeastern humboldt county in north central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 530 am cdt. * at 439 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lizard creek state recreation area to near ogden to near waukee, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees

5/21/2024 4:55 PM CDT

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central iowa.

5/21/2024 4:55 PM CDT

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. note, a dangerous tornado is ongoing over southeast story county now. a tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central iowa.

5/21/2024 4:51 PM CDT

the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect

5/21/2024 4:51 PM CDT

At 451 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near mccallsburg to milo, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city, huxley, saylorville, and mitchellville. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 130 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 3 and 14.

5/21/2024 4:41 PM CDT

the tornado warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect

5/21/2024 4:41 PM CDT

At 440 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over alleman, or near ankeny, moving northeast at 60 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. this tornado will be near, huxley, cambridge, elkhart, and alleman around 445 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include elkhart, cambridge, sheldahl, alleman, and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 107.

5/21/2024 4:34 PM CDT

At 434 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over johnston, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, ankeny, polk city, huxley, slater, big creek lake, saylorville lake, elkhart and alleman around 440 pm cdt. cambridge and kelley around 445 pm cdt. ames around 450 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, elkhart, kelley, cambridge, sheldahl and alleman. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 107. Interstate 80 between mile markers 127 and 129.

5/21/2024 4:19 PM CDT

Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, northern polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 500 pm cdt. * at 418 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near adel, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, urbandale, clive, waukee, and grimes around 425 pm cdt. johnston, granger, and saylorville lake around 430 pm cdt. ankeny, polk city, big creek lake, and big creek state park around 435 pm cdt. alleman around 440 pm cdt. sheldahl around 445 pm cdt. huxley and cambridge around 450 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, elkhart, kelley, cambridge, sheldahl, and alleman. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 107. Interstate 80 near mile marker 111, and between mile markers 127 and 129.

5/21/2024 4:11 PM CDT

Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern lucas county in south central iowa, polk county in central iowa, northwestern decatur county in south central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern madison county in south central iowa, eastern union county in south central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 515 pm cdt. * at 410 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles west of granger to near grand river, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

5/8/2024 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.

5/7/2024 6:58 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 are still possible with this thunderstorm.

5/7/2024 6:47 PM CDT

At 646 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near elkhart, or 9 miles northeast of ankeny, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. a large tree was down in polk city around 635 pm. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ankeny, johnston, altoona, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, big creek lake, prairie meadows, adventureland amusement park, drake stadium and knapp center, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman, and sheldahl. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 106. interstate 80 between mile markers 133 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 13 and 14.

5/7/2024 6:47 PM CDT

the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect

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

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

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 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 11:41 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

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.

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

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 10:23 PM CDT

At 1022 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cambridge, or 6 miles southwest of nevada, moving northeast at 40 mph (emergency management). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, nevada around 1030 pm cdt. colo around 1040 pm cdt. mccallsburg around 1050 pm cdt. zearing, clemons and st. anthony around 1055 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include zearing, kelley, ames municipal airport, alleman, st. anthony, maxwell, clemons and cambridge. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 121.

4/19/2023 10:10 PM CDT

At 1009 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 9 miles north of ankeny, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, cambridge around 1015 pm cdt. ames municipal airport around 1020 pm cdt. nevada and maxwell around 1025 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include colo, mccallsburg, zearing, clemons and st. anthony. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 121.

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.

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.

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.

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 6:31 PM CDT

At 631 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near madrid to near polk city to near windsor heights, moving east at 50 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, slater, iowa state center, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall and iowa events center.

4/23/2022 6:20 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 6:34 PM CST

At 634 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near alden to near grundy center, moving east at 85 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of story, marshall, hardin, eastern wright, western franklin, northeastern kossuth, hancock, southeastern boone, eastern hamilton and winnebago counties, including the following locations, wesley, steamboat rock, ferguson, forest city municipal airport, radcliffe, bradford, maxwell, cambridge, melbourne and buffalo center. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.

12/15/2021 6:24 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.

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.

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.

12/15/2021 5:52 PM CST

At 552 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near swan lake to near slater, moving northeast at 85 mph. these are destructive storms for portions of central and northern iowa (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. severe thunderstorms will be near, slater and iowa state center around 555 pm cst. ames, nevada and huxley around 600 pm cst. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include state center. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 102 and 178. thunderstorm damage threat, destructive hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 80 mph.

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.

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.

8/31/2021 12:10 AM CDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for northern and central polk, story, southwestern marshall, southeastern boone and eastern dallas counties will expire at 1215 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for southeast polk county and areas to the east and southeast until 1230 am cdt. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.

8/30/2021 11:47 PM CDT

At 1146 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over bondurant, or near altoona, moving southeast at 15 mph (trained weather spotters reported 60 mph wind gusts in polk city at 1142 pm cdt). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, bondurant. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

8/30/2021 11:29 PM CDT

At 1129 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 9 miles north of ankeny, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, saylorville around 1140 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include ankeny and bondurant. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 139. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 8, and between mile markers 13 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

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.

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.

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 1:32 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.

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 1:27 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.

7/9/2021 1:18 PM CDT

At 116 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northeast of perry, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing golf ball sized hail and even larger hail is possible). Hazards include tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, perry, huxley, madrid, ogden, dallas center, slater, granger, woodward, boone speedway, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, rippey, bouton, luther and berkley. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 109.

7/9/2021 1:01 PM CDT

At 100 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ogden, or 10 miles west of boone, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing large hail and the storm is intensifying). Hazards include tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

8/10/2020 11:07 AM CDT

At 1106 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roland to mitchellville to near carlisle, moving east at 60 mph. these are very dangerous storms (law enforcement). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, altoona, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 174. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.

8/10/2020 10:46 AM CDT

At 1045 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles north of boone to saylorville lake to 6 miles southeast of van meter, moving east at 70 mph. these are very dangerous storms (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, altoona, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 174. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.

8/10/2020 10:39 AM CDT

At 1039 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of boone to near granger to near van meter, moving east at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

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.

8/6/2020 4:08 PM CDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk county will expire at 415 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, lightning, and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

8/6/2020 3:51 PM CDT

At 350 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over polk city, or near ankeny, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, ankeny, johnston, polk city, saylorville, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 101.

8/6/2020 3:35 PM CDT

At 334 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 8 miles north of johnston, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

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.

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.

9/14/2019 3:36 PM CDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk, southwestern story, southeastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 345 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.

9/14/2019 3:22 PM CDT

At 259 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or near perry, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

9/14/2019 3:00 PM CDT

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

6/15/2019 5:09 PM CDT

At 509 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near state center to 10 miles north of bondurant to saylorville, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing wind gusts over 60 mph). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, ankeny, johnston, altoona, pleasant hill, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, mitchellville, colfax, slater, baxter, saylorville lake, adventureland amusement park, iowa events center and big creek lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 114. interstate 80 between mile markers 132 and 152. Interstate 235 between mile markers 7 and 14.

6/15/2019 4:51 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

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.

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.

4/17/2019 3:57 PM CDT

At 357 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near polk city, or near ankeny, 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, ankeny, bondurant, polk city, huxley, slater, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 103.

4/17/2019 3:43 PM CDT

At 343 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 7 miles north 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.

9/1/2018 9:21 PM CDT

At 901 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 10 miles north of grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, ankeny, perry, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, alleman, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, bouton and big creek state park.

9/1/2018 9:01 PM CDT

At 901 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 10 miles north of grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, ankeny, perry, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, alleman, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, bouton and big creek state park.

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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 6:07 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.

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 5:45 PM CDT

At 545 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or 9 miles northeast of ankeny, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, nevada, huxley, slater, iowa state center, maxwell, colo, cambridge, elkhart, collins, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, mingo and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 116.

6/6/2018 5:40 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.

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.

6/6/2018 5:28 PM CDT

At 527 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 8 miles southwest of nevada, moving south at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, nevada, huxley, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, maxwell, colo, cambridge, elkhart, collins, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, mingo and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 120.

6/6/2018 5:25 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 5:19 PM CDT

At 519 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

5/25/2018 6:46 PM CDT

At 645 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 7 miles southwest of nevada, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this storm has produced 61 to 64 mph winds at the ames airport over the past 30 minutes. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, huxley, slater, iowa state center, cambridge, sheldahl, kelley and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 102 and 113.

5/25/2018 6:25 PM CDT

At 625 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving southeast at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

5/3/2018 5:43 PM CDT

At 543 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over clive, moving northeast 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, ankeny and granger around 555 pm cdt. polk city and saylorville lake around 600 pm cdt. big creek lake around 605 pm cdt. slater around 610 pm cdt. huxley around 615 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, sheldahl, alleman, elkhart, cambridge and ankeny regional airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 105.

5/1/2018 5:29 PM CDT

At 528 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving northeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters. numerous reports in south ames). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, huxley, slater, roland, gilbert, iowa state center, colo, cambridge, zearing, mccallsburg, sheldahl, kelley and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 123.

5/1/2018 5:09 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.

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.

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.

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

7/20/2017 9:56 PM CDT

At 955 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near nevada to 6 miles east of huxley to bondurant, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman and sheldahl. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.

7/20/2017 9:44 PM CDT

At 943 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to saylorville, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated. in addition...several reports of tree branches downed have been reported with these storms). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, grimes, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, mitchellville, slater, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, adventureland amusement park, iowa state center and prairie meadows. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.

7/20/2017 9:19 PM CDT

At 918 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 10 miles east of perry, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters. several reports of 60 mph wind gusts have been received, with branches down). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees

6/22/2017 9:49 PM CDT

At 947 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 11 miles east of perry, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

5/17/2017 4:40 PM CDT

At 440 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of boone to near nevada to near colfax, moving northeast at 70 mph (trained weather spotters. these storms have a history of producing wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph with numerous trees down and minor structural damage). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, newton, altoona, boone, nevada, jefferson, bondurant, story city, huxley, madrid, mitchellville, colfax, ogden, prairie city, slater, state center, roland, baxter and gilbert. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 91 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 164. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central and west central iowa.

5/17/2017 4:17 PM CDT

At 415 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of jefferson to near grimes to near carlisle, moving north at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. at 410 pm...65 to 70 mph winds were reported in west des moines). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

5/17/2017 3:36 PM CDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk county will expire at 345 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.

5/17/2017 3:29 PM CDT

At 328 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 9 miles northwest of ankeny, moving northeast at 40 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, big creek lake, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.

5/17/2017 3:28 PM CDT

At 327 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 10 miles northwest of ankeny, moving north at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

5/17/2017 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.

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.

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.

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

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 6:30 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.

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.

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.

8/11/2016 9:27 PM CDT

At 926 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from ames to near ankeny to near carlisle, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated. these storms have a history of producing 60 mph wind gusts). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

9/6/2015 9:33 PM CDT

At 933 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near polk city, or 4 miles northwest of ankeny, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe storm will be near, ankeny around 945 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include alleman, big creek state park, elkhart and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.

9/6/2015 9:20 PM CDT

At 920 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 11 miles north of johnston, moving southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe storm will be near, saylorville lake around 925 pm cdt. polk city around 930 pm cdt. ankeny around 1000 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include alleman, big creek state park, elkhart and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.

9/6/2015 9:12 PM CDT

At 912 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 13 miles south of boone, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, big creek lake and saylorville lake around 920 pm cdt. polk city around 930 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include alleman, big creek state park, elkhart and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.

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.

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.

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.

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