Hail Map for West Des Moines, IA
The West Des Moines, IA area has had 22 reports of on-the-ground hail by trained spotters, and has been under severe weather warnings 81 times during the past 12 months. Doppler radar has detected hail at or near West Des Moines, IA on 94 occasions, including 9 occasions during the past year.
| Name: | West Des Moines, IA |
| Where Located: | 8.9 miles WSW of Des Moines, IA |
| Map: | Google Map for West Des Moines, IA |
| Population: | 56609 |
| Housing Units: | 26219 |
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The Top Recent Hail Date for West Des Moines, IA is Tuesday, July 30, 2024 (6th out of 94)
Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near West Des Moines, IA
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| 10/30/2024 2:16 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 10/30/2024 1:49 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, central dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 230 pm cdt. * at 148 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near dallas center to near de soto to 5 miles northeast of macksburg, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT |
 At 850 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to near valeria to 4 miles east of pleasantville, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, indianola, altoona, waukee, boone, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, knoxville, nevada, windsor heights, and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 125. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 173. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/31/2024 8:50 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/31/2024 8:33 PM CDT |
 At 831 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from sheldahl to ankeny regional airport to near pleasant hill to hartford, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 65 mph wind gusts. the des moines airport gusted to 66 mph. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 111. interstate 80 between mile markers 108 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/31/2024 8:33 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/31/2024 8:27 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, southwestern marshall county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, marion county in south central iowa, jasper county in central iowa, southern boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 915 pm cdt. * at 825 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of woodward to near margo frankel woods state park to milo, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 65 mph wind gusts. the des moines airport gusted to 66 mph. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 7/31/2024 8:15 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/31/2024 8:15 PM CDT |
 At 814 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to near urbandale to southridge mall to near spring hill, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, and polk city. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 111. interstate 80 between mile markers 99 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/31/2024 8:03 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/31/2024 8:03 PM CDT |
 At 802 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near bayard to 6 miles west of dallas center to avenue of the saints event center, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, winterset, adel, stuart, dallas center, earlham, de soto, van meter, jordan creek town center, avenue of the saints event center, redfield, st. charles, dexter, truro, diamondhead lake, and minburn. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 84 and 121.
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| 7/31/2024 7:54 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, southeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, eastern adair county in southwestern iowa, dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 845 pm cdt. * at 754 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of minburn to near de soto to 4 miles southeast of badger creek state park to near st. charles, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 7/31/2024 7:30 PM CDT | Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern greene county in west central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, northeastern cass county in southwestern iowa, guthrie county in west central iowa, audubon county in west central iowa, adair county in southwestern iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 815 pm cdt. * at 730 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of gray to 7 miles southwest of guthrie center to 5 miles northwest of macksburg, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees |
| 7/31/2024 3:09 AM CDT |
 The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 am cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 7/31/2024 2:25 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, southwestern jasper county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 315 am cdt. * at 225 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/31/2024 2:12 AM CDT |
 At 211 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, dallas center, de soto, and van meter. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 64 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 90. interstate 80 between mile markers 111 and 144. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/31/2024 1:49 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, southwestern jasper county in central iowa, southeastern dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 230 am cdt. * at 149 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over west des moines, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/30/2024 9:45 AM CDT |
 At 945 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near elkhart to near pleasant hill to martensdale, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, and mitchellville. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 61 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 106. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 148. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/30/2024 9:45 AM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/30/2024 9:44 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern lucas county in south central iowa, western poweshiek county in central iowa, eastern polk county in central iowa, east central madison county in south central iowa, marion county in south central iowa, northwestern mahaska county in south central iowa, jasper county in central iowa, northeastern clarke county in south central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 1045 am cdt. * at 943 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near maxwell to near pleasant hill to patterson, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 7/30/2024 9:23 AM CDT |
 At 922 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near kelley to polk city to near de soto, moving southeast at 40 mph (radar indicated. several weather stations have reported winds of 50 to 55 mph with these storms). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, nevada, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, and polk city. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 61 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 123. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 148. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/30/2024 9:23 AM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/30/2024 8:53 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, northeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, boone county in central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, northwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 1000 am cdt. * at 853 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from fraser to 4 miles north of bouton to near panora, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 7/30/2024 2:53 AM CDT | At 252 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles south of roland to 4 miles northwest of maxwell to 5 miles east of elkhart to near altoona to 4 miles southeast of southridge mall, moving southeast at 50 mph (automated systems. at 247 am, a measured wind gust of 59 mph was reported at the des moines international airport). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, nevada, carlisle, bondurant, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, maxwell and colo around 255 am cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include swan, sandyville, prairie city krohn airport, monroe, pleasantville, baxter and rhodes. |
| 7/30/2024 2:38 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 5:47 PM CDT |
 Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, northeastern warren county in south central iowa, * until 615 pm cdt. * at 547 pm cdt, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located over drake stadium and knapp center, or near des moines, moving southeast at 35 mph. this is a particularly dangerous situation. take cover now! (radar confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado. You are in a life-threatening situation. flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be destroyed. considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible. the tornado will be near, des moines, norwalk, pleasant hill, carlisle, southridge mall, and des moines int'l airport around 555 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include runnells and hartford. This includes interstate 235 between mile markers 4 and 10.
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| 7/15/2024 5:45 PM CDT | At 544 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over drake stadium and knapp center, or near des moines, moving east at 45 mph (radar 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, des moines, pleasant hill, principal park, iowa state fairgrounds, and iowa events center around 550 pm cdt. altoona around 555 pm cdt. This includes interstate 235 between mile markers 5 and 12. |
| 7/15/2024 5:30 PM CDT |
 At 530 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near granger, or 5 miles northwest of grimes, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake, merle hay mall, big creek lake, drake stadium and knapp center, and valley west mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 90 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 115 and 135. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 5.
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| 7/15/2024 5:30 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 7/15/2024 5:29 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, southeastern story county in central iowa, southwestern marshall county in central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, jasper county in central iowa, east central dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 600 pm cdt. * at 529 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from haverhill to 5 miles east of elkhart to urbandale, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/15/2024 5:20 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, western polk county in central iowa, northern madison county in south central iowa, southeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, northeastern adair county in southwestern iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 545 pm cdt. * at 520 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near minburn, or 8 miles northwest of adel, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/2/2024 3:19 PM CDT |
 At 318 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ackworth, or near indianola, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, winterset, windsor heights, carlisle, saylorville, pleasantville, van meter, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, and des moines int'l airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 93. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 119, between mile markers 121 and 125, and between mile markers 131 and 143. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/2/2024 2:53 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, southeastern dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 345 pm cdt. * at 252 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over patterson, or 7 miles east of winterset, 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.
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| 6/25/2024 10:44 PM CDT |
 At 1044 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles east of pleasant hill to 4 miles northwest of ackworth to near st. marys, 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, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, southridge mall, jordan creek town center, adventureland amusement park, and merle hay mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 89. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 126, and between mile markers 129 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/25/2024 10:44 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 6/25/2024 10:41 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 1100 pm cdt. * at 1041 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from pleasant hill to near spring hill to st. charles, moving southeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/25/2024 10:31 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 6/25/2024 10:31 PM CDT |
 At 1030 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near st. marys to near east peru to near thayer, moving east 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, norwalk, winterset, osceola, earlham, lakeside casino, avenue of the saints event center, murray, st. charles, dexter, new virginia, truro, martensdale, lorimor, cumming, patterson, st. marys, east peru, and macksburg. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 36 and 67. Interstate 80 between mile markers 98 and 106.
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| 6/25/2024 10:21 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 6/25/2024 10:21 PM CDT |
 At 1021 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to 4 miles west of grimes to de soto, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, earlham, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake, redfield, dexter, minburn, and perry municipal airport. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 6/25/2024 10:18 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, southern story county in central iowa, western jasper county in central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 1100 pm cdt. * at 1017 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near madrid to near urbandale to badger creek state park, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/25/2024 10:06 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, madison county in south central iowa, northeastern union county in south central iowa, western clarke county in south central iowa, eastern adair county in southwestern iowa, south central dallas county in central iowa, western warren county in south central iowa, * until 1045 pm cdt. * at 1006 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles southeast of earlham to 8 miles west of winterset-madison county airport to near orient, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/25/2024 9:47 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern polk county in central iowa, eastern guthrie county in west central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 1030 pm cdt. * at 947 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lakin slough game management area to near linden to menlo, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/25/2024 6:37 PM CDT |
 Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, northwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 700 pm cdt. * at 637 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over cumming, or over norwalk, moving south at 5 mph (law enforcement confirmed tornado). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. the tornado will be near, norwalk and cumming around 640 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include bevington, cumming, spring hill, and martensdale. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 55 and 65.
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| 6/25/2024 5:56 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 6/25/2024 5:56 PM CDT |
 At 555 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near oakland acres to 5 miles east of prairie city krohn airport to near pleasant hill, moving southeast at 5 mph (law enforcement reported quarter sized hail near runnells). 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, norwalk, pleasant hill, carlisle, monroe, pleasantville, prairie city, southridge mall, des moines int'l airport, principal park, iowa state fairgrounds, hartford, runnells, cumming, reasnor, swan, walnut woods state park, and prairie city krohn airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 62 and 70. Interstate 80 near mile marker 164.
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| 6/25/2024 5:24 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, northwestern marion county in south central iowa, southwestern jasper county in central iowa, southeastern dallas county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, * until 615 pm cdt. * at 523 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from oakland acres to near prairie city krohn airport to altoona, moving southeast at 5 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/4/2024 8:05 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 6/4/2024 8:05 PM CDT |
 At 804 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near bondurant, or 7 miles north of altoona, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall, iowa events center, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, and drake stadium and knapp center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 131 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/4/2024 7:47 PM CDT |
 At 746 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ankeny, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, dallas center, granger, saylorville lake, and adventureland amusement park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 100. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/4/2024 7:24 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 815 pm cdt. * at 723 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 7 miles north of grimes, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/24/2024 5:06 AM CDT |
 At 506 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woolstock to 4 miles east of gilbert to adventureland amusement park, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, fort dodge, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, webster city, nevada, clarion, windsor heights, carlisle, and bondurant. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 66 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 152. interstate 80 between mile markers 117 and 156. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 5/24/2024 5:06 AM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 5/24/2024 4:41 AM CDT |
 At 441 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over st. marys, or 9 miles west of indianola, moving east at 55 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, des moines, indianola, norwalk, winterset, osceola, carlisle, lakeside casino, avenue of the saints event center, afton, milo, murray, st. charles, new virginia, truro, martensdale, lorimor, cumming, lucas, woodburn, and patterson. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 66.
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| 5/24/2024 4:40 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, northern madison county in south central iowa, webster county in central iowa, southern wright county in north central iowa, western jasper county in central iowa, boone county in central iowa, hamilton county in central iowa, northern warren county in south central iowa, eastern greene county in west central iowa, southwestern hardin county in central iowa, northeastern calhoun county in west central iowa, southeastern humboldt county in north central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, * until 530 am cdt. * at 439 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lizard creek state recreation area to near ogden to near waukee, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/24/2024 4:21 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern lucas county in south central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, union county in south central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, eastern adair county in southwestern iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 500 am cdt. * at 421 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast of macksburg, or 7 miles southwest of winterset, moving east at 55 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 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.
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| 5/21/2024 4:51 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 5/21/2024 4:32 PM CDT |
 the tornado warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 5/21/2024 4:32 PM CDT |
 At 432 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over spring hill, or near norwalk, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and half dollar size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this tornado will be near, des moines, west des moines, norwalk, pleasant hill, carlisle, southridge mall, des moines int'l airport and iowa state fairgrounds around 435 pm cdt. ankeny, altoona, adventureland amusement park and prairie meadows around 440 pm cdt. bondurant, saylorville, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport around 445 pm cdt. mitchellville around 450 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include valeria and colfax. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 135 and 158. Interstate 235 between mile markers 7 and 14.
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| 5/21/2024 4:30 PM CDT |
 Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, eastern polk county in central iowa, east central madison county in south central iowa, west central jasper county in central iowa, northwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 515 pm cdt. * at 429 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over spring hill, or 5 miles south of norwalk, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and half dollar size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, des moines, west des moines, norwalk, pleasant hill, carlisle, southridge mall, des moines int'l airport and principal park around 435 pm cdt. altoona, iowa state fairgrounds and drake stadium and knapp center around 440 pm cdt. ankeny, bondurant, saylorville, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport around 445 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include mitchellville, valeria and colfax. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 58 and 63, and between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 135 and 158. Interstate 235 between mile markers 6 and 14.
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| 5/21/2024 4:25 PM CDT | Big trees down just south of i80 on county line of dallas and polk. about 60th and vista. time estimated from rada in dallas county IA, 2.4 miles S of West Des Moines, IA |
| 5/21/2024 4:11 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern lucas county in south central iowa, polk county in central iowa, northwestern decatur county in south central iowa, story county in central iowa, eastern madison county in south central iowa, eastern union county in south central iowa, southeastern boone county in central iowa, clarke county in south central iowa, eastern dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 515 pm cdt. * at 410 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles west of granger to near grand river, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/21/2024 9:14 AM CDT |
 At 913 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from des moines int'l airport to 5 miles northwest of ackworth to near otter creek county park, moving east at 45 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, dallas center, and granger. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 99. interstate 80 between mile markers 115 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 5/21/2024 9:10 AM CDT | Ash tree blown over across the street. time estimate in polk county IA, 1.9 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 5/21/2024 9:05 AM CDT | Large tree limb down. time estimated from nearly kdsm wind gust observatio in dallas county IA, 1.9 miles SSE of West Des Moines, IA |
| 5/21/2024 9:03 AM CDT |
 At 903 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near jordan creek town center to spring hill to 4 miles southeast of st. marys, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, and dallas center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 99. interstate 80 between mile markers 110 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 5/21/2024 8:41 AM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, madison county in south central iowa, southern dallas county in central iowa, warren county in south central iowa, * until 945 am cdt. * at 841 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from earlham to 4 miles northeast of winterset-madison county airport to near east peru, moving east at 45 mph (emergency management). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 5/19/2024 9:22 PM CDT |
 The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however, gusty winds to 50 mph and brief heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms. the storms are being monitored for any additional strengthening as they move east this evening. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 200 am cdt for south central and southwestern iowa.
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| 5/19/2024 9:05 PM CDT |
 At 904 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry municipal airport to adel to 4 miles southeast of winterset, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, winterset, adel, dallas center, earlham, de soto, woodward, van meter, avenue of the saints event center, jordan creek town center, redfield, st. charles, truro, minburn, patterson, and east peru. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 5/19/2024 9:05 PM CDT |
 the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
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| 5/19/2024 8:42 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, madison county in south central iowa, southeastern guthrie county in west central iowa, dallas county in central iowa, eastern adair county in southwestern iowa, * until 930 pm cdt. * at 841 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near panora to stuart to near macksburg, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/7/2024 6:33 PM CDT |
 Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, polk county in central iowa, southwestern story county in central iowa, northeastern dallas county in central iowa, * until 700 pm cdt. * at 632 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ankeny, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. personal weather stations have observed wind gusts up to around 55 mph near dallas center. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 4/26/2024 11:02 PM CDT |
 Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, central polk county in central iowa, * until 1145 pm cdt. * at 1101 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over drake stadium and knapp center, or over des moines, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, des moines, ankeny, pleasant hill, saylorville, iowa events center, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, and drake stadium and knapp center around 1105 pm cdt. altoona, bondurant, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, ankeny regional airport, and weh-weh-neh-kee state park around 1110 pm cdt. mitchellville around 1120 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include ankeny regional airport, walnut woods state park, weh-weh-neh-kee state park, and margo frankel woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 71 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 134 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 2 and 14.
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| 4/26/2024 8:40 PM CDT |
 The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until midnight cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 4/26/2024 8:23 PM CDT |
 At 823 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located near cumming, or near west des moines, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, saylorville, granger, jordan creek town center, merle hay mall, iowa events center, iowa state fairgrounds, des moines int'l airport, and principal park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 65 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 89. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 140. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 4/26/2024 8:20 PM CDT |
 Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, southern polk county in central iowa, northeastern madison county in south central iowa, southeastern dallas county in central iowa, northwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 845 pm cdt. * at 820 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near cumming, or near west des moines, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely.
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| 4/26/2024 7:56 PM CDT |
 Tordmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * tornado warning for, eastern madison county in south central iowa, northwestern warren county in south central iowa, * until 845 pm cdt. * at 756 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near east peru, or 7 miles south of winterset, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely.
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| 7/12/2023 8:05 AM CDT |
 At 805 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over lake ahquabi state park, or 7 miles south of indianola, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of polk, story, madison, northeastern union, eastern boone, clarke, eastern dallas and warren counties, including the following locations, truro, lake ahquabi state park, spring hill, martensdale, otter creek county park, maxwell, cambridge and lorimor. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 107 and 146. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 7/12/2023 7:41 AM CDT |
 At 740 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, east peru around 745 am cdt. truro and patterson around 750 am cdt. avenue of the saints event center, st. charles, martensdale, st. marys and bevington around 755 am cdt. new virginia around 800 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include lake ahquabi state park and otter creek county park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 96 and 146. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 7/12/2023 6:25 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for polk and east central dallas counties will expire at 630 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 am cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 7/12/2023 6:09 AM CDT |
 At 608 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northeast of elkhart to near ankeny regional airport to near merle hay mall to urbandale, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, southridge mall, jordan creek town center and saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 69 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 100. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 149. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 7/12/2023 5:40 AM CDT |
 At 539 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near slater to polk city to near granger to near dallas center, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/29/2023 10:13 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for southern polk, northern madison, dallas and northern warren counties will expire at 1015 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 pm cdt for central and south central iowa. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.
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| 6/29/2023 9:54 AM CDT |
 At 954 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over badger creek state park, or 9 miles south of adel, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, dallas center, earlham, de soto, van meter, southridge mall and jordan creek town center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 51 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 131. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 11. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 6/29/2023 9:29 AM CDT |
 At 928 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over winterset, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/2/2023 3:20 PM CDT |
 At 320 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over windsor heights, or near des moines, moving northwest at 20 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, ankeny, clive, valley west mall and jordan creek town center around 325 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include johnston, merle hay mall, saylorville, urbandale, waukee, grimes and saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 69 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 135. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 9. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 6/2/2023 3:08 PM CDT |
 At 308 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines int`l airport, or near des moines, moving northwest at 20 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, walnut woods state park around 315 pm cdt. drake stadium and knapp center around 320 pm cdt. west des moines, clive, windsor heights and valley west mall around 325 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include urbandale, johnston, waukee, grimes, saylorville, merle hay mall and jordan creek town center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 69 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 135. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 9. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 5/13/2023 12:49 PM CDT |
 At 1249 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cumming, or near norwalk, moving northeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, norwalk, jordan creek town center, des moines int`l airport, cumming and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 61 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 124. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 5/13/2023 12:36 PM CDT |
 At 1236 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near cumming, or 6 miles southwest of norwalk, moving northeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, cumming, norwalk, jordan creek town center, walnut woods state park, des moines int`l airport, west des moines, des moines, urbandale and clive. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 61 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 117 and 124. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 5/13/2023 12:17 PM CDT |
 At 1217 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over patterson, or 8 miles east of winterset, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, badger creek state park around 1235 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include cumming, west des moines, clive, norwalk, des moines int`l airport, jordan creek town center and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 58 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 117 and 124. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/19/2023 10:41 PM CDT |
 At 1040 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from martensdale to near lake ahquabi state park to 5 miles northwest of lucas, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, martensdale and lake ahquabi state park around 1045 pm cdt. indianola and spring hill around 1050 pm cdt. norwalk and cumming around 1055 pm cdt. des moines int`l airport around 1100 pm cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include west des moines, carlisle, principal park, iowa events center, drake stadium and knapp center, southridge mall, milo, pleasant hill, ackworth, des moines, ankeny, iowa state fairgrounds, sandyville, margo frankel woods state park, weh-weh-neh-kee state park, saylorville and pleasantville. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 54 and 63, and between mile markers 87 and 89. interstate 80 between mile markers 134 and 140. interstate 235 between mile markers 5 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 9:27 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for southern polk, northwestern marion, southwestern jasper and warren counties will expire at 930 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 4/4/2023 9:05 PM CDT |
 At 905 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near spring hill, or 5 miles north of indianola, moving northeast at 40 mph (emergency management). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, ackworth around 910 pm cdt. pleasant hill, carlisle and iowa state fairgrounds around 915 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include hartford, runnells and swan. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 69, and between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 134 and 147. interstate 235 between mile markers 4 and 14. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, observed max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 8:57 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 1.7 miles WNW of West Des Moines, IA, report from mping. |
| 4/4/2023 8:57 PM CDT |
 At 857 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over spring hill, or near norwalk, moving northeast at 55 mph (emergency management). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, des moines int`l airport around 900 pm cdt. southridge mall and principal park around 905 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include pleasant hill, carlisle, iowa state fairgrounds, hartford and runnells. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 69, and between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 134 and 147. interstate 235 between mile markers 4 and 14. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, observed max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 8:48 PM CDT |
 At 848 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over bevington, or 10 miles southwest of norwalk, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, spring hill around 855 pm cdt. indianola, norwalk and des moines int`l airport around 900 pm cdt. southridge mall and principal park around 905 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include pleasant hill, carlisle, iowa state fairgrounds, hartford and runnells. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 69, and between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 134 and 147. interstate 235 between mile markers 4 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 7:48 PM CDT |
 At 747 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over badger creek state park, or 8 miles southwest of west des moines, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, jordan creek town center, walnut woods state park, west des moines, urbandale, clive, norwalk, windsor heights, valley west mall, des moines int`l airport, des moines, johnston, grimes, merle hay mall, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, principal park, iowa state fairgrounds, ankeny, saylorville, ankeny regional airport, margo frankel woods state park, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and altoona. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 54 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 90. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 140. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 4/4/2023 7:27 PM CDT |
 At 727 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of macksburg, or 10 miles west of winterset, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, winterset-madison county airport around 735 pm cdt. winterset around 740 pm cdt. de soto, van meter and badger creek state park around 745 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include urbandale, waukee, jordan creek town center, valley west mall, cumming, walnut woods state park, west des moines, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, merle hay mall, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, des moines, ankeny, saylorville, iowa state fairgrounds, margo frankel woods state park, weh-weh-neh-kee state park, altoona and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 54 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 90. interstate 80 between mile markers 96 and 140. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 8/29/2022 6:53 AM CDT | At 652 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near earlham, or 9 miles southwest of adel, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include half dollar size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, adel, de soto, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, urbandale, west des moines and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 89 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:44 AM CDT | At 644 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 13 miles west of adel, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, earlham around 655 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include adel, de soto, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, urbandale, west des moines and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:44 AM CDT | At 644 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 13 miles west of adel, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, earlham around 655 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include adel, de soto, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, urbandale, west des moines and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:41 AM CDT | At 640 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 14 miles southeast of guthrie center, moving east at 45 mph. quarter sized hail was reported in stuart at 639 am cdt (trained weather spotters). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe storm will be near, earlham and redfield around 650 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include de soto, adel, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, west des moines, urbandale and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:41 AM CDT | At 640 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 14 miles southeast of guthrie center, moving east at 45 mph. quarter sized hail was reported in stuart at 639 am cdt (trained weather spotters). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe storm will be near, earlham and redfield around 650 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include de soto, adel, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, west des moines, urbandale and clive. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/29/2022 6:33 AM CDT | At 633 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near stuart, or 10 miles southeast of guthrie center, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe thunderstorm will be near, dexter, diamondhead lake and linden around 645 am cdt. earlham and redfield around 650 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include dallas center, de soto, adel, van meter, badger creek state park, waukee, west des moines, urbandale, clive and grimes. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 120. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 8/19/2022 2:50 PM CDT | Hen Egg sized hail reported 3.5 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA, hail at least 1.5 to 2 inches with plenty of cars damaged at valley west mall. time estimated from radar. |
| 8/19/2022 2:46 PM CDT | Hen Egg sized hail reported 2.9 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA, two inch diameter hail reported near valley high school. time estimated from radar. report from social media. |
| 8/19/2022 2:45 PM CDT | Tea Cup sized hail reported 3.3 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA, 3 inch hail stone measured at woi in west des moines. |
| 8/19/2022 2:45 PM CDT | Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 1.9 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA, ping pong ball hail in west des moines. time estimated from radar. report from social media. |
| 8/19/2022 2:45 PM CDT | Hen Egg sized hail reported 2.7 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA, egg sized hail reported in west des moines. time estimated by radar. |
| 8/19/2022 2:43 PM CDT | Golf Ball sized hail reported 2.9 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA, dime up to golf-ball sized hail. |
| 8/19/2022 2:40 PM CDT | Golf Ball sized hail reported 3.1 miles S of West Des Moines, IA, breaking car windshields. |
| 8/19/2022 2:40 PM CDT | Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 3.3 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA, woi5 storm team reports ping pong ball hail at studio. |
| 8/19/2022 2:37 PM CDT |
 At 236 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over valley west mall, or over clive, moving east at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, valley west mall and walnut woods state park around 240 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include johnston, windsor heights, merle hay mall, norwalk, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, saylorville, iowa events center, principal park, southridge mall, des moines, margo frankel woods state park, ankeny, pleasant hill, carlisle, iowa state fairgrounds, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 66 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 93. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 154. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 2. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 8/19/2022 2:33 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 3.1 miles S of West Des Moines, IA, report from mping: quarter (1.00 in.). |
| 8/19/2022 2:29 PM CDT |
 At 229 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over drake stadium and knapp center, or near des moines, with another storm near jordan creek, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, iowa state fairgrounds around 235 pm cdt. pleasant hill, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport around 240 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include altoona, bondurant, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, mitchellville, valeria, colfax, prairie city and mingo. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 66 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 93. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 154. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 8/19/2022 2:23 PM CDT |
 At 223 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over windsor heights, or near urbandale, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, saylorville, iowa events center, principal park and southridge mall around 230 pm cdt. des moines, ankeny and margo frankel woods state park around 235 pm cdt. pleasant hill, carlisle, iowa state fairgrounds, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport around 240 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include altoona, bondurant, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, mitchellville, valeria, colfax, prairie city and mingo. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 66 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 93. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 154. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 8/7/2022 8:42 PM CDT |
 At 842 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, patterson around 855 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include bevington, martensdale, cumming, spring hill and norwalk. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 55 and 66. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 6/25/2022 7:36 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern madison and northwestern warren counties will expire at 745 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however, another severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for portions of warren and marion counties until 815 am cdt.
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| 6/25/2022 7:15 AM CDT |
 At 715 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near avenue of the saints event center, or 10 miles east of winterset, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe storm will be near, martensdale around 720 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include spring hill and indianola. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.
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| 6/25/2022 7:00 AM CDT | At 659 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe thunderstorm will be near, winterset and winterset-madison county airport around 705 am cdt. patterson around 715 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include bevington, martensdale, cumming, spring hill, norwalk and indianola. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 56 and 65. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph. |
| 6/5/2022 3:56 PM CDT |
 At 355 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or over urbandale, moving north at 20 mph (broadcast media). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, johnston around 400 pm cdt. ankeny and grimes around 405 pm cdt. saylorville around 410 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 133. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 5. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 6/5/2022 3:52 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 3.3 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA, report from woi-tv. |
| 4/23/2022 7:37 PM CDT |
 At 736 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from johnston to near norwalk to 8 miles southeast of avenue of the saints event center, moving east at 70 mph (public). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, southridge mall, jordan creek town center and adventureland amusement park.
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| 4/23/2022 7:26 PM CDT |
 At 726 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near waukee to near avenue of the saints event center to near lakeside casino, moving northeast at 70 mph (public). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, winterset, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, van meter and adventureland amusement park.
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| 4/23/2022 7:14 PM CDT |
 At 713 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near earlham to 10 miles south of winterset to 7 miles northeast of sun valley lake, moving northeast at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 4/23/2022 6:31 PM CDT |
 At 631 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near iowa state center to near huxley to des moines int`l airport, moving northeast at 60 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 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.
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| 4/23/2022 6:20 PM CDT |
 At 620 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to grimes to near west des moines, moving northeast at 50 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid and slater.
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| 4/23/2022 6:07 PM CDT |
 At 607 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to near adel to near van meter, moving northeast at 50 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 4/23/2022 5:58 PM CDT |
 At 558 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles east of panora to near earlham to 9 miles southwest of winterset, moving east at 60 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, dallas center, earlham, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, redfield, minburn, linden, bouton, macksburg and badger creek state park.
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| 4/23/2022 5:48 PM CDT |
 At 547 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near panora to near stuart to 6 miles northeast of green valley lake, moving northeast at 60 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 3/5/2022 5:53 PM CST |
 At 552 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm was located over adventureland amusement park, or over altoona, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, mitchellville around 605 pm cst. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include colfax, newton and baxter. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 93. interstate 80 between mile markers 131 and 166. interstate 235 between mile markers 4 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 3/5/2022 5:05 PM CST |
 At 505 pm cst, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located over norwalk, moving northeast at 45 mph. this is a particularly dangerous situation. take cover now! (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado. You are in a life-threatening situation. flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be destroyed. considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible. the tornado will be near, des moines int`l airport around 510 pm cst. southridge mall, principal park and iowa events center around 515 pm cst. des moines, pleasant hill, carlisle and iowa state fairgrounds around 520 pm cst. prairie meadows and adventureland amusement park around 525 pm cst. other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include altoona, bondurant, mitchellville, colfax and prairie city. this includes the following highways, interstate 80 between mile markers 139 and 163. Interstate 235 between mile markers 7 and 13.
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| 3/5/2022 4:58 PM CST |
 At 457 pm cst, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located near norwalk, moving northeast at 45 mph. this tornado will be near norwalk soon. please take shelter immediately if you are in norwalk. this is a particularly dangerous situation. take cover now! (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado. You are in a life-threatening situation. flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be destroyed. considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, saylorville, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, hartford, martensdale, cumming, patterson, bevington and spring hill.
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| 3/5/2022 4:53 PM CST |
 At 453 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm was located over earlham, or 11 miles northwest of winterset, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, de soto around 505 pm cst. van meter around 510 pm cst. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include adel, dallas center, waukee, urbandale and grimes. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 71 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 127. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 2. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 3/5/2022 4:51 PM CST |
 At 451 pm cst, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located 7 miles northwest of avenue of the saints event center, or 8 miles east of winterset, moving northeast at 45 mph. this is a particularly dangerous situation. take cover now! (weather spotters confirmed tornado. damage has been reported near the winterset area and just south). Hazards include damaging tornado. You are in a life-threatening situation. flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be destroyed. considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, saylorville, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, hartford, martensdale, cumming, patterson, bevington and spring hill.
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| 3/5/2022 4:39 PM CST |
 At 439 pm cst, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located over winterset, moving northeast at 50 mph. this is a particularly dangerous situation. take cover now! (radar confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado. You are in a life-threatening situation. flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be destroyed. considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, pleasant hill, winterset, windsor heights, carlisle, saylorville, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, hartford, martensdale, cumming, patterson and bevington.
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| 3/5/2022 4:34 PM CST |
 At 434 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near winterset, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and golf ball size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely.
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| 12/15/2021 6:24 PM CST |
 At 623 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from slater to near new virginia, moving east at 75 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, melcher-dallas around 640 pm cst. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include baxter and rock creek lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 39 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 189. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.
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| 12/15/2021 6:19 PM CST |
 At 619 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles north of state center to near baxter to near carlisle, moving east at 80 mph. these are destructive storms for central iowa (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley and saylorville.
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| 12/15/2021 6:12 PM CST | Wind gusts 612 to 625 pm estimated 60-70 mph with large branches down... exact size unknow in polk county IA, 2.7 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 12/15/2021 5:55 PM CST |
 At 554 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near boone to grimes to near winterset, moving east at 80 mph. dallas county emergency management confirmed 80 mph winds moving through the county. these are destructive storms for central iowa (emergency management). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, greenfield, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant and polk city.
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| 12/15/2021 5:40 PM CST |
 At 539 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of perry to 10 miles southwest of winterset, moving east at 65 mph. these are destructive storms for central iowa (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, greenfield, guthrie center, windsor heights, carlisle and bondurant.
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| 12/15/2021 5:10 PM CST |
 At 509 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near coon rapids to 8 miles north of lake icaria, moving east at 80 mph. these are destructive storms for central iowa (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
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| 8/31/2021 12:19 AM CDT |
 At 1219 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of baxter to near indianola, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, rock creek lake. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 8/31/2021 12:10 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northern and central polk, story, southwestern marshall, southeastern boone and eastern dallas counties will expire at 1215 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for southeast polk county and areas to the east and southeast until 1230 am cdt. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.
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| 8/30/2021 11:54 PM CDT |
 At 1153 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near state center to near norwalk, moving southeast 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. severe thunderstorms will be near, baxter around 1200 am cdt. indianola around 1205 am cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include rock creek lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 59 and 69, and between mile markers 87 and 89. interstate 80 between mile markers 135 and 177. interstate 235 between mile markers 4 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 8/30/2021 11:47 PM CDT |
 At 1146 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over bondurant, or near altoona, moving southeast at 15 mph (trained weather spotters reported 60 mph wind gusts in polk city at 1142 pm cdt). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, bondurant. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 8/30/2021 11:29 PM CDT |
 At 1129 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 9 miles north of ankeny, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, saylorville around 1140 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include ankeny and bondurant. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 139. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 8, and between mile markers 13 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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| 7/9/2021 2:27 PM CDT |
 At 226 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over southridge mall, or near norwalk, moving southeast at 30 mph (trained weather spotters. this storm has a history of golfball to 3 inch hail). Hazards include two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, carlisle and indianola. This includes interstate 235 between mile markers 10 and 11.
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| 7/9/2021 2:18 PM CDT |
 At 217 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (trained weather spotters. this storm has a history of producing golfball to 3 inch diameter hail). Hazards include baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, pleasant hill around 225 pm cdt. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 96. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 2:08 PM CDT |
 At 207 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or near des moines, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (trained weather spotters. this storm has a history of producing hail up to 3 inches in diameter. this is a very dangerous situation). Hazards include baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, des moines and drake stadium and knapp center around 210 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include principal park, iowa events center, des moines int`l airport, iowa state fairgrounds and pleasant hill. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 96. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 147. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 2:06 PM CDT |
 At 204 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over windsor heights, or near urbandale, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (trained weather spotters. this storm has a history of producing hail up to 3 inches in diameter. this is a very dangerous situation). Hazards include baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe thunderstorm will be near, des moines around 210 pm cdt. principal park around 215 pm cdt. norwalk, des moines int`l airport and iowa state fairgrounds around 220 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include pleasant hill, southridge mall, carlisle and indianola. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 45 and 68. Interstate 235 between mile markers 10 and 11.
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| 7/9/2021 1:54 PM CDT |
 At 153 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving southeast at 25 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (trained weather spotters. three inch hail was reported with this storm in woodward). Hazards include three inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, saylorville around 200 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include clive, merle hay mall, valley west mall, jordan creek town center, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, windsor heights, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, des moines int`l airport, principal park, iowa state fairgrounds and pleasant hill. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 97. interstate 80 between mile markers 112 and 148. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 1:40 PM CDT |
 At 138 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 7 miles northwest of grimes, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very rare and dangerous storm!! (trained weather spotters reported baseball sized hail. hail to softball sized is possible. this is a rare and very dangerouns situation. take cover now!). Hazards include softball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, polk city and saylorville lake around 145 pm cdt. waukee and grimes around 150 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include urbandale, johnston, saylorville, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, clive, windsor heights, merle hay mall, valley west mall, jordan creek town center, drake stadium and knapp center, iowa events center, des moines int`l airport, principal park, iowa state fairgrounds and pleasant hill. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 103. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 1:32 PM CDT |
 At 131 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 11 miles east of perry, moving southeast at 30 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (trained weather spotters. at 128 pm, baseball sized hail was reported near woodward with this storm). Hazards include baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, granger, saylorville lake and big creek lake around 140 pm cdt. polk city around 145 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include urbandale, grimes, saylorville, west des moines, johnston, clive, windsor heights, merle hay mall, valley west mall, des moines, ankeny, drake stadium and knapp center, altoona, bondurant, iowa events center, principal park, des moines int`l airport, prairie meadows, adventureland amusement park and iowa state fairgrounds. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 103. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/9/2021 1:27 PM CDT |
 At 126 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 9 miles east of perry, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing large hail to golf ball sized hail with larger hail to tennis ball sized possible). Hazards include tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, madrid around 130 pm cdt. granger, saylorville lake and big creek lake around 140 pm cdt. polk city around 145 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include waukee, urbandale, grimes, saylorville, west des moines, johnston, clive, windsor heights, merle hay mall, valley west mall, des moines, ankeny and drake stadium and knapp center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 103. interstate 80 between mile markers 109 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/22/2021 6:01 PM CDT |
 At 601 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over carlisle, or near pleasant hill, 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. this severe storm will be near, carlisle around 605 pm cdt. this includes the following highways, interstate 80 near mile marker 134. Interstate 235 between mile markers 5 and 12.
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| 6/22/2021 5:58 PM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. south central polk county in central iowa. warren county in south central iowa. until 645 pm cdt. At 558 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over norwalk,.
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| 6/22/2021 5:46 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 4 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 6/22/2021 5:46 PM CDT |
 At 546 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa events center, or over des moines, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated. multiple reports of quarter size hail have come in from trained spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, des moines around 550 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, pleasant hill and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 137. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/22/2021 5:30 PM CDT |
 At 530 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over urbandale, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated. trained spotters have already reported at least quarter size hail with this storm). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, valley west mall around 535 pm cdt. windsor heights, saylorville and merle hay mall around 540 pm cdt. drake stadium and knapp center around 545 pm cdt. des moines, ankeny, iowa events center, principal park and des moines int`l airport around 550 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include norwalk, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, pleasant hill and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 88. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 139. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/22/2021 5:28 PM CDT |
 At 527 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated. trained spotters have reported quarter size hail with this storm already). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes and jordan creek town center. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 6/22/2021 5:24 PM CDT |
 At 524 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes and jordan creek town center. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 6/22/2021 5:15 PM CDT |
 At 515 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near granger, or near grimes, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, waukee, saylorville lake, urbandale, grimes, jordan creek town center, west des moines, johnston and clive. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 6/22/2021 4:59 PM CDT |
 At 459 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near perry, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, dallas center around 505 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include waukee, granger, urbandale, saylorville lake, grimes, polk city, west des moines, johnston and clive. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 120 and 122, and between mile markers 125 and 128.
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| 8/10/2020 11:12 AM CDT |
 At 1112 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of pleasantville to near leon, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, knoxville, osceola, chariton, pleasantville, melcher-dallas, lakeside casino, knoxville raceway, avenue of the saints event center, lake red rock, milo, hartford, murray, st. charles, russell, new virginia, truro and martensdale. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 25 and 66.
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| 8/10/2020 11:07 AM CDT |
 At 1106 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roland to mitchellville to near carlisle, moving east at 60 mph. these are very dangerous storms (law enforcement). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, altoona, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 174. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 8/10/2020 10:58 AM CDT |
 At 1058 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over polk city, or near johnston, moving east at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 8/10/2020 10:51 AM CDT |
 At 1050 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from norwalk to near sun valley lake, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 8/10/2020 10:47 AM CDT | Mills civic and i35; 70 mph winds. sign and tree damage. winds of 55 to 70 lasted nearly 20 minutes during the surg in polk county IA, 0.3 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 8/10/2020 10:46 AM CDT |
 At 1045 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles north of boone to saylorville lake to 6 miles southeast of van meter, moving east at 70 mph. these are very dangerous storms (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, newton, altoona, pella, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, nevada, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, story city, polk city and huxley. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 174. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 8/10/2020 10:39 AM CDT |
 At 1039 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of boone to near granger to near van meter, moving east at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 8/10/2020 10:25 AM CDT |
 At 1024 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near gowrie to 9 miles northwest of perry to near stuart, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters and numerous other reports with 70 mph plus winds reported with these storms). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, boone, grimes, perry, jefferson, adel, guthrie center, polk city, madrid, ogden, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora and de soto. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 129. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 8/10/2020 10:11 AM CDT |
 At 1011 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 miles east of lake city to near jefferson to 8 miles west of stuart, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 7/14/2020 8:41 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for southern polk, southeastern dallas and northwestern warren counties will expire at 845 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and has exited the warned area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 7/14/2020 8:31 PM CDT |
 At 831 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa events center, or over des moines, moving southeast at 15 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, west des moines, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, jordan creek town center, iowa events center, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, cumming, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 64 and 71, and near mile marker 87. interstate 80 between mile markers 138 and 140. Interstate 235 between mile markers 7 and 14.
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| 7/14/2020 8:20 PM CDT | Large tree damaged near 22nd and ashwort in polk county IA, 3.2 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 7/14/2020 8:20 PM CDT |
 At 820 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over drake stadium and knapp center, or near des moines, moving southeast at 15 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, saylorville, southridge mall, jordan creek town center, merle hay mall, iowa events center, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center and valley west mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 64 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 89. interstate 80 between mile markers 123 and 140. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/14/2020 8:13 PM CDT | Delayed report - on grand in wdm between 8th and 4th - large trees down... power lines down... and traffic signal blown dow in polk county IA, 4.1 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 7/14/2020 8:09 PM CDT |
 At 754 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over urbandale, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/14/2020 7:55 PM CDT |
 At 754 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over urbandale, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/14/2020 7:10 PM CDT | Tree down in road. via social media. time estimate in polk county IA, 2.7 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 6/5/2020 4:45 AM CDT |
 At 444 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from saylorville to near earlham, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 6/5/2020 4:37 AM CDT |
 At 437 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near saylorville lake to near earlham, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, stuart, dallas center and slater. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 102. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 146. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/5/2020 4:12 AM CDT |
 At 411 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near boone speedway to 6 miles north of panora, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 6/3/2020 5:05 AM CDT |
 At 505 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville, or near ankeny, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, saylorville lake, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall and iowa events center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 71 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 99. interstate 80 between mile markers 123 and 156. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/3/2020 4:55 AM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for eastern dallas county will expire at 500 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
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| 6/3/2020 4:49 AM CDT |
 At 449 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/3/2020 4:41 AM CDT |
 At 441 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, dallas center, granger and minburn. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 119 and 120.
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| 6/3/2020 4:24 AM CDT |
 At 424 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near adel, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 10/1/2019 5:24 PM CDT |
 At 524 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines int`l airport, or near des moines, moving northeast at 30 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (radar indicated). 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, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, prairie city, southridge mall, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall, iowa events center and prairie meadows. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 near mile marker 72, and between mile markers 87 and 93. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 125, and between mile markers 131 and 151. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 10/1/2019 5:18 PM CDT |
 At 518 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines int`l airport, or over norwalk, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 10/1/2019 5:07 PM CDT |
 At 507 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles north of avenue of the saints event center, or 9 miles southwest of norwalk, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and half dollar size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, west des moines and norwalk around 530 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include walnut woods state park, bevington, spring hill, martensdale, patterson, cumming and badger creek state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 57 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 125. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 10/1/2019 4:58 PM CDT |
 At 458 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near winterset, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and half dollar size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, jordan creek town center around 520 pm cdt. west des moines, clive and norwalk around 530 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include walnut woods state park, bevington, spring hill, martensdale, patterson, cumming, badger creek state park and winterset-madison county airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 57 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 121 and 124. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 9/9/2019 7:55 PM CDT |
 At 755 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or over johnston, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, big creek lake, drake stadium and knapp center, saylorville lake, valley west mall, merle hay mall, des moines int`l airport, elkhart, alleman, sheldahl and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 138. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 7.
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| 9/9/2019 7:50 PM CDT | Social media report of estimated 60 mph gus in polk county IA, 0.3 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 9/9/2019 7:47 PM CDT |
 At 747 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over jordan creek town center, or over clive, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 9/9/2019 6:12 PM CDT |
 At 611 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or near grimes, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, saylorville lake, big creek lake, minburn and dawson. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 near mile marker 93. Interstate 80 between mile markers 111 and 117, and between mile markers 126 and 130.
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| 9/9/2019 5:54 PM CDT |
 At 553 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of adel, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 9/9/2019 5:25 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northern polk, southwestern story and boone counties will expire at 530 pm cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central iowa. remember, a severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect for hardin, hamilton and portions of story and marshall counties until 600 pm.
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| 9/9/2019 4:57 PM CDT |
 At 439 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to near granger to waukee, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 9/9/2019 4:51 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern madison and dallas counties will expire at 500 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central, south central and west central iowa.
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| 9/9/2019 4:39 PM CDT |
 At 439 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to near granger to waukee, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 9/9/2019 4:27 PM CDT |
 At 427 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, earlham, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, redfield, dexter, minburn, linden, dawson and bouton. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 98 and 122.
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| 9/9/2019 4:06 PM CDT |
 At 406 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over stuart, or 13 miles northeast of greenfield, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 9/9/2019 3:51 AM CDT |
 At 350 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over west des moines, moving north at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, jordan creek town center, valley west mall, merle hay mall, iowa events center, cumming and spring hill. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 60 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 116 and 128. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 12.
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| 9/9/2019 3:24 AM CDT |
 At 324 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of norwalk, moving northeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 8/20/2019 7:54 AM CDT | Report from mping: trees uprooted or snapped; roof blown of in polk county IA, 3.5 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 8/20/2019 5:32 AM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. southern polk county in central iowa. southwestern jasper county in central iowa. northern warren county in south central iowa. Until 615 am cdt.
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| 8/20/2019 5:06 AM CDT |
 At 505 am cdt, the center of a cluster of spirally strong to severe thunderstorms was located 7 miles northwest of adel, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, guthrie center, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama and avenue of the saints event center. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 80 and 121.
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| 8/20/2019 4:35 AM CDT |
 At 435 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/20/2019 7:29 PM CDT |
 At 728 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over bondurant, or near altoona, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, southridge mall, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall, iowa events center, prairie meadows and iowa state fairgrounds. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 63 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 126, and between mile markers 129 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/20/2019 7:26 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northern madison and dallas counties will expire at 730 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central and south central iowa. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service des moines.
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| 7/20/2019 7:14 PM CDT |
 At 714 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near norwalk, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, winterset, adel, dallas center, earlham, de soto, van meter, jordan creek town center, st. charles, minburn, patterson, badger creek state park and winterset-madison county airport. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 102 and 121.
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| 7/20/2019 7:00 PM CDT |
 At 659 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or over johnston, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 7/20/2019 6:41 PM CDT |
 At 641 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near adel, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 7/20/2019 5:08 PM CDT |
 At 508 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near saylorville lake, or near ankeny, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, baxter and southridge mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 near mile marker 72, and between mile markers 87 and 105. interstate 80 between mile markers 123 and 151. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 7/20/2019 4:59 PM CDT |
 At 459 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or near grimes, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 7/3/2019 4:17 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk, southern boone and dallas counties has expired, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened just below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. however gusty winds to 50 mph and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
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| 7/3/2019 3:39 PM CDT |
 At 339 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, moving southeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/22/2019 8:25 PM CDT |
 At 825 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over earlham, or 11 miles southwest of adel, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/15/2019 5:26 PM CDT |
 At 525 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over southridge mall, or near des moines, moving east at 35 mph (trained weather spotters. at 530pm...a wind gust of 62 mph was reported at the des moines international airport). 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, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, mitchellville, colfax, monroe, pleasantville, prairie city, southridge mall, adventureland amusement park, iowa events center, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park and des moines int`l airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 63 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 123 and 124, near mile marker 140, between mile markers 143 and 144, and between mile markers 146 and 162. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/15/2019 5:20 PM CDT |
 At 520 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines int`l airport, or near norwalk, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/28/2019 3:13 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for east central madison, northeastern clarke and southwestern warren counties will expire at 315 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and has exited the warned area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for south central iowa.
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| 5/28/2019 3:03 PM CDT |
 At 303 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near indianola, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, indianola, avenue of the saints event center, st. charles, new virginia, martensdale, lacona, cumming, patterson, st. marys, bevington, spring hill, lake ahquabi state park and otter creek county park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 66.
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| 5/28/2019 2:43 PM CDT |
 At 243 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of avenue of the saints event center, or 12 miles north of osceola, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, indianola, winterset, osceola, lakeside casino, avenue of the saints event center, murray, st. charles, new virginia, truro, martensdale, lacona, cumming, patterson, st. marys, east peru, bevington, spring hill, lake ahquabi state park, otter creek county park and murray roadside rest area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 34 and 67.
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| 5/28/2019 2:34 PM CDT |
 At 234 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northwest of lakeside casino, or 14 miles northwest of osceola, 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.
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| 5/27/2019 6:49 AM CDT |
 At 649 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from johnston to 8 miles west of melcher-dallas, moving northeast at 80 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/16/2019 9:55 PM CDT |
 At 954 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near carlisle, or 7 miles south of pleasant hill, moving east 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, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, adel, carlisle, de soto, van meter, southridge mall, principal park, des moines int`l airport, jordan creek town center, iowa events center, iowa state fairgrounds, hartford, runnells, cumming, badger creek state park and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 63 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 106 and 124. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 10.
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| 5/16/2019 9:29 PM CDT |
 At 915 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving east at 35 mph (trained weather spotters. a tree was reported downed in the city of des moines). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/16/2019 9:15 PM CDT |
 At 915 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving east at 35 mph (trained weather spotters. a tree was reported downed in the city of des moines). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/16/2019 8:48 PM CDT |
 At 847 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, dallas center, jordan creek town center, valley west mall, saylorville lake, redfield and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 114 and 130. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 3.
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| 5/16/2019 8:47 PM CDT |
 At 846 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or near johnston, moving east at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, southridge mall, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall, iowa events center, prairie meadows and iowa state fairgrounds. people attending sa-- iowa high school state track should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 131 and 158. Interstate 235 between mile markers 4 and 14.
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| 5/16/2019 8:41 PM CDT |
 At 841 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, dallas center, granger, de soto, big creek lake, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake, valley west mall, redfield, minburn, walnut woods state park and big creek state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 114 and 130. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 3.
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| 5/16/2019 8:22 PM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. western polk county in central iowa. central dallas county in central iowa. until 915 pm cdt. At 822 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas.
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| 5/16/2019 8:16 PM CDT |
 At 816 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over altoona, moving east at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
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| 5/16/2019 7:58 PM CDT |
 At 758 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving northeast at 20 mph (trained weather spotters. at 755 pm, quarter size hail was reported in adel by trained storm spotter). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, dallas center, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake, valley west mall and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 117 and 130. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 3.
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| 5/16/2019 7:58 PM CDT |
 A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 830 pm cdt for southwestern polk and southeastern dallas counties. at 758 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving northeast at 20 mph. hazard. quarter size hail. source. trained weather spotters. At 755 pm, quarter size hail was.
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| 5/16/2019 7:58 PM CDT |
 A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 830 pm cdt for southwestern polk and southeastern dallas counties. at 758 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving northeast at 20 mph. hazard. quarter size hail. source. trained weather spotters. At 755 pm, quarter size hail was.
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| 5/16/2019 7:46 PM CDT |
 At 745 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 5/16/2019 7:31 PM CDT |
 At 731 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over drake stadium and knapp center, or near des moines, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 4/28/2019 9:24 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 2.4 miles S of West Des Moines, IA, public relayed estimated quarter sized hail via mping app. was right underneath hail core via radar. |
| 4/28/2019 9:10 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern madison and southeastern dallas counties will expire at 915 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm warning does remain in effect for portions of southeast dallas county.
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| 4/28/2019 9:09 PM CDT |
 At 908 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near van meter, or near waukee, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 4/28/2019 9:01 PM CDT |
 At 900 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over van meter, or near adel, moving east at 35 mph (several trained spotters have reported quarter sized hail by earlham and dexter earlier with this storm). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, west des moines, clive, waukee, adel, earlham, de soto, van meter and badger creek state park. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 102 and 120.
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| 4/28/2019 8:46 PM CDT |
 At 845 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over earlham, or 9 miles southwest of adel, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, west des moines, clive, waukee, adel, dallas center, earlham, de soto, van meter, dexter and badger creek state park. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 120.
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| 4/28/2019 8:30 PM CDT |
 At 830 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over stuart, or 13 miles northeast of greenfield, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 10/9/2018 6:41 PM CDT |
 At 640 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was 2 miles north of indianola, moving north 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, norwalk, carlisle and southridge mall around 650 pm cdt. des moines int`l airport around 655 pm cdt. Des moines and west des moines around 700 pm cdt.
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| 10/9/2018 6:30 PM CDT |
 At 630 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over indianola, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, norwalk around 650 pm cdt. carlisle, southridge mall and des moines int`l airport around 655 pm cdt. des moines and west des moines around 700 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include spring hill and lake ahquabi state park.
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| 9/1/2018 8:26 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for polk. south central story and east central dallas counties will expire at 830 pm cdt. the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.
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| 9/1/2018 8:02 PM CDT |
 At 802 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, grimes, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, granger, saylorville lake, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall, prairie meadows and big creek lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 102. interstate 80 between mile markers 125 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 13 and 14.
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| 9/1/2018 7:51 PM CDT |
 At 751 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over grimes, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 9/1/2018 7:14 PM CDT |
 At 713 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville, or near ankeny, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
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| 9/1/2018 7:07 PM CDT |
 At 707 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or near johnston, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 9/1/2018 6:53 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk and east central dallas counties will expire at 700 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
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| 9/1/2018 6:42 PM CDT |
 At 641 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, saylorville lake, merle hay mall, big creek lake, alleman, margo frankel woods state park and big creek state park. This includes interstate 80 near mile marker 122, and between mile markers 125 and 132.
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| 9/1/2018 6:31 PM CDT |
 At 631 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, de soto, van meter, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake and merle hay mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 88 and 100. interstate 80 between mile markers 111 and 137. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 4.
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| 9/1/2018 6:16 PM CDT |
 At 615 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, de soto, van meter, jordan creek town center and saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 100. interstate 80 between mile markers 105 and 145. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 9, and between mile markers 11 and 14.
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| 9/1/2018 6:08 PM CDT |
 At 607 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over de soto, or near adel, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 9/1/2018 7:53 AM CDT |
 At 753 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over valley west mall, or near clive, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, dallas center, de soto, van meter and southridge mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 63 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 95. interstate 80 between mile markers 110 and 145. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 9/1/2018 7:40 AM CDT |
 At 740 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over van meter, or near waukee, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, dallas center, earlham, de soto and van meter. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 62 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 95. interstate 80 between mile markers 102 and 145. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 9/1/2018 7:24 AM CDT |
 At 723 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over earlham, or 11 miles northwest of winterset, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/30/2018 9:34 PM CDT |
 At 934 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from des moines int`l airport to near indianola to 13 miles northeast of osceola, moving east at 30 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, carlisle, southridge mall, des moines int`l airport, milo, hartford, runnells, martensdale, cumming, st. marys, ackworth, spring hill, bevington, sandyville, lake ahquabi state park and otter creek county park. People attending confirmed-- storm clean up should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 50 and 53, and between mile markers 55 and 68.
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| 6/30/2018 9:20 PM CDT |
 At 919 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of perry to 9 miles west of dallas center to near earlham, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama, redfield, dexter, diamondhead lake, minburn and rippey. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 6/30/2018 9:11 PM CDT |
 At 910 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near van meter to near avenue of the saints event center to 8 miles north of lakeside casino, moving east at 50 mph. a tree was reported in winterset and roof damage to a home with this storm (law enforcement). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/30/2018 9:08 PM CDT |
 At 907 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near panora to 10 miles northeast of stuart to near earlham, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/30/2018 9:04 PM CDT |
 At 904 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/30/2018 8:35 PM CDT |
 At 835 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, redfield, minburn, bouton and perry municipal airport. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 107 and 121.
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| 6/30/2018 8:28 PM CDT |
 At 828 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over de soto, or near adel, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama, redfield, dexter and diamondhead lake. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 93 and 121.
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| 6/30/2018 8:14 PM CDT |
 At 814 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/30/2018 5:20 PM CDT |
 At 520 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving north at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, dallas center, valley west mall, merle hay mall and jordan creek town center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 near mile marker 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 117 and 130. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 6/30/2018 5:02 PM CDT |
 At 502 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over van meter, or near waukee, moving northeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/28/2018 12:28 PM CDT |
 At 1227 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of carlisle to 6 miles west of melcher-dallas to 8 miles northwest of chariton, moving east at 55 mph. these are very dangerous storms (radar indicated. a measured gusts of 68 mph was reported in indianola at 1215pm. stronger winds are possible). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and nickel 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, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, knoxville, carlisle, monroe, pleasantville, melcher-dallas, knoxville raceway, avenue of the saints event center, lake red rock, milo, hartford, martensdale, lacona, cumming, williamson, st. marys and ackworth. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 50 and 60, and between mile markers 63 and 64.
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| 6/28/2018 12:12 PM CDT |
 At 1212 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near indianola, moving east at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. these storms have produced wind damage in the warned counties). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 6/28/2018 12:05 PM CDT |
 At 1205 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near avenue of the saints event center, or 10 miles southwest of norwalk, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, winterset, carlisle, earlham, de soto, van meter, avenue of the saints event center, st. charles, dexter, new virginia, truro, martensdale, cumming, patterson, st. marys, east peru and spring hill. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 66. Interstate 80 between mile markers 96 and 110.
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| 6/28/2018 11:51 AM CDT |
 At 1151 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near earlham, or 7 miles northwest of winterset, moving southeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/25/2018 8:07 PM CDT |
 At 807 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or over johnston, moving north at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, granger, southridge mall, jordan creek town center and saylorville lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 68 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 96. interstate 80 between mile markers 118 and 148. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 6/25/2018 7:46 PM CDT |
 At 746 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over west des moines, moving north at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/6/2018 10:07 PM CDT |
 At 1006 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over waukee, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, norwalk, adel, dallas center, de soto, van meter, des moines int`l airport, jordan creek town center, valley west mall and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 111 and 124. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 6/6/2018 9:53 PM CDT |
 At 952 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near adel, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/6/2018 7:02 PM CDT |
 At 702 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near pleasantville to 7 miles southwest of norwalk to near earlham, moving south at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, earlham, de soto, van meter, iowa state fairgrounds, des moines int`l airport, valley west mall and avenue of the saints event center. people attending sa-- principal charity classic should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 43 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 97 and 126. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 12.
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| 6/6/2018 6:48 PM CDT |
 At 648 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near mitchellville to carlisle to near west des moines, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, southridge mall, adventureland amusement park, merle hay mall, iowa events center and prairie meadows. people attending sa-- principal charity classic should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 92. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/6/2018 6:39 PM CDT |
 At 639 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near pleasant hill to west des moines to 7 miles west of adel, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/6/2018 6:32 PM CDT |
 At 631 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from clive to adel to 8 miles west of perry, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama, redfield, dexter and casey. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 6/6/2018 6:16 PM CDT |
 At 616 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of bondurant to adventureland amusement park to near grimes, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, granger, southridge mall, saylorville lake and adventureland amusement park. people attending sa-- principal charity classic should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/6/2018 6:14 PM CDT |
 At 614 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near granger to near dallas center to 8 miles north of lake panorama, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, guthrie center, madrid, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center, lake panorama and redfield. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 6/6/2018 6:07 PM CDT |
 At 606 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of huxley to ankeny to near granger, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 6/6/2018 6:00 PM CDT |
 At 600 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from big creek lake to near woodward to 8 miles north of lake panorama, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, jefferson, adel, guthrie center, madrid, stuart, dallas center, earlham, granger, panora, de soto, woodward, van meter, jordan creek town center and lake panorama. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 100 and 121.
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| 6/6/2018 5:57 PM CDT |
 At 556 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near big creek lake to 7 miles west of perry, moving south at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 6/6/2018 5:40 PM CDT |
 At 540 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of huxley to near big creek lake, moving south at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, mitchellville, granger, southridge mall, saylorville lake and adventureland amusement park. people attending sa-- principal charity classic should seek safe shelter immediately! this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 122 and 149. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
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| 6/6/2018 5:36 PM CDT |
 At 535 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near huxley to near madrid, moving south at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 5/29/2018 6:12 PM CDT |
 At 612 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving northwest at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/29/2018 5:55 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for southwestern polk county will expire at 600 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 pm cdt for central iowa.
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| 5/29/2018 5:55 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for west central polk county will expire at 600 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 pm cdt for central iowa.
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| 5/29/2018 5:46 PM CDT |
 At 545 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over drake stadium and knapp center, or over des moines, moving northwest at 30 mph (numerous public reports of tree damage in des moines). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, pleasant hill, principal park and des moines int`l airport.
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| 5/29/2018 5:37 PM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. west central polk county in central iowa. until 600 pm cdt. At 537 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over principal park, or over des moines, moving northwest at 35 mph.
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| 5/29/2018 5:31 PM CDT |
 At 531 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over southridge mall, or near des moines, moving northwest 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, des moines, pleasant hill, carlisle, principal park, southridge mall and des moines int`l airport.
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| 5/29/2018 5:26 PM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. southwestern polk county in central iowa. north central warren county in south central iowa. until 600 pm cdt. At 525 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over carlisle, or.
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| 5/28/2018 4:59 PM CDT |
 At 459 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over southridge mall, or near des moines, moving west at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, norwalk, pleasant hill, carlisle, southridge mall, des moines int`l airport, cumming, spring hill and walnut woods state park.
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| 5/28/2018 4:48 PM CDT |
 At 447 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over carlisle, or near pleasant hill, moving west at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/3/2018 5:55 PM CDT |
 The tornado warning for southwestern polk, northeastern madison and southeastern dallas counties will expire at 600 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 5/3/2018 5:49 PM CDT |
 At 548 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near indianola, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, altoona, norwalk, pleasant hill, carlisle, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, prairie city, southridge mall, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, adventureland amusement park, iowa events center and runnells. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 90. interstate 80 between mile markers 135 and 150. Interstate 235 between mile markers 6 and 14.
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| 5/3/2018 5:39 PM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. southeastern polk county in central iowa. west central jasper county in central iowa. northwestern warren county in south central iowa. Until 630 pm cdt.
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| 5/3/2018 5:34 PM CDT |
 At 534 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over jordan creek town center, or near west des moines, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. locations impacted include, this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 90 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 112 and 136. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 5.
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| 5/3/2018 5:26 PM CDT |
 At 526 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near van meter, or 7 miles southwest of west des moines, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, jordan creek town center around 540 pm cdt. west des moines, waukee and valley west mall around 545 pm cdt. urbandale, clive, windsor heights, merle hay mall and drake stadium and knapp center around 550 pm cdt. des moines, johnston and grimes around 555 pm cdt. ankeny, saylorville and saylorville lake around 600 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include ankeny regional airport, walnut woods state park, margo frankel woods state park and badger creek state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 67 and 72, and between mile markers 90 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 112 and 136. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 5.
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| 4/13/2018 9:09 PM CDT |
 At 909 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near grimes, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, valley west mall, merle hay mall, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 96 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 125 and 132. Interstate 235 near mile marker 2.
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| 4/13/2018 8:59 PM CDT |
 At 859 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near waukee, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, de soto, van meter, big creek lake, jordan creek town center, saylorville lake and valley west mall. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 70 and 72, and between mile markers 96 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 106 and 132. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 2.
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| 4/13/2018 8:43 PM CDT |
 At 843 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over de soto, or near adel, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 6/28/2017 5:22 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 3.6 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA, report via social media. |
| 6/28/2017 12:24 PM CDT |
 At 524 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over pleasant hill, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/28/2017 11:49 AM CDT |
 At 448 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over west des moines, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 6/28/2017 11:41 AM CDT |
 At 441 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located near van meter, or 8 miles south of adel, moving east at 30 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and tennis ball size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this tornado will be near, van meter around 445 pm cdt. west des moines and jordan creek town center around 500 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include badger creek state park. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 105 and 121.
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| 6/28/2017 11:28 AM CDT |
 At 427 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over earlham, or 9 miles northwest of winterset, moving east at 30 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. the tornado will be near, de soto around 440 pm cdt. van meter around 445 pm cdt. west des moines, clive and jordan creek town center around 500 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include dexter and badger creek state park. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 96 and 121.
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| 6/27/2017 10:56 PM CDT |
 At 356 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near van meter, or near adel, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, grimes, adel, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, valley west mall, merle hay mall, jordan creek town center and weh-weh-neh-kee state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 92. interstate 80 between mile markers 114 and 138. Interstate 235 near mile marker 1.
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| 6/27/2017 10:41 PM CDT |
 The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. northwestern polk county in central iowa. southeastern dallas county in central iowa. until 430 am cdt. At 341 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over de soto, or.
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| 6/15/2017 11:00 PM CDT |
 At 1059 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over merle hay mall, or over johnston, moving east at 25 mph (at 10:53pm, public reported dime sized hail and estimated 60 mph wind gust near i-80 and 86th street). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, saylorville, principal park, drake stadium and knapp center, valley west mall, merle hay mall, iowa events center, saylorville lake, margo frankel woods state park and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 123 and 138. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 10, and between mile markers 13 and 14.
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| 6/15/2017 10:50 PM CDT |
 At 1050 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over urbandale, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 6/15/2017 9:58 PM CDT |
 At 957 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over des moines int`l airport, or over norwalk, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated. at 9:57pm, a trained weather spotter reported dime size hail near the cumming exit of i-35). 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, indianola, norwalk, pleasant hill, carlisle, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, cumming, spring hill and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 59 and 71. Interstate 235 near mile marker 10.
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| 6/15/2017 9:48 PM CDT |
 At 948 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near west des moines, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, indianola, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, van meter, southridge mall, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, des moines int`l airport, jordan creek town center, iowa events center, cumming, spring hill, badger creek state park and walnut woods state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 60 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 113 and 121, and between mile markers 123 and 124. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 11.
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| 6/15/2017 9:36 PM CDT |
 At 936 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near van meter, or 7 miles south of waukee, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/17/2017 4:28 PM CDT | Tree damage 6 to 12 inch limb torn off main trun in polk county IA, 0.7 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 5/17/2017 4:21 PM CDT |
 At 421 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near jefferson to near woodward to near carlisle, moving northeast at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, saylorville, dallas center, southridge mall, jordan creek town center, merle hay mall and iowa events center. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 65 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 114 and 136. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 12. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central, south central and west central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 4:17 PM CDT |
 At 415 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of jefferson to near grimes to near carlisle, moving north at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. at 410 pm...65 to 70 mph winds were reported in west des moines). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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| 5/17/2017 4:14 PM CDT | Multiple trees and powerlines down in west des moines along ashworth r in polk county IA, 2 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 5/17/2017 4:12 PM CDT | Storm damage reported in dallas county IA, 1.9 miles SSE of West Des Moines, IA |
| 5/17/2017 4:03 PM CDT |
 At 402 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles west of coon rapids to 9 miles east of panora to 6 miles southwest of indianola, moving north at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, audubon, guthrie center, windsor heights, carlisle, saylorville, dallas center and manning. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 98 and 136. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 12. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central, south central, southwestern and west central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 3:46 PM CDT |
 At 345 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 miles north of atlantic to 6 miles southeast of stuart to near lakeside casino, moving north at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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| 5/17/2017 3:03 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 2.6 miles SSE of West Des Moines, IA, one half mile west of jordan creek mall. |
| 5/17/2017 3:02 PM CDT |
 At 301 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over clive, moving north at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 5/17/2017 2:49 PM CDT |
 At 249 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving north at 50 mph (trained spotters reported quarter sized hail 2 miles east of adel at 247 pm). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, west des moines, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, perry, adel, dallas center, granger, de soto, woodward, van meter, minburn, bouton and badger creek state park. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 107 and 118. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
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| 5/17/2017 2:42 PM CDT |
 At 241 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over van meter, or near adel, moving north at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 4/15/2017 9:27 PM CDT | Quarter sized hail reported 0.5 miles SE of West Des Moines, IA, dime to quarter sized hail at the mills civic parkway and stagecoach drive. |
| 3/6/2017 7:03 PM CST | Dime size hai in polk county IA, 2.7 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 3/6/2017 6:55 PM CST |
 At 653 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roland to 9 miles north of lakeside casino, moving east at 75 mph (radar indicated. at 6:45pm 67 mph wind was reported at the ames airport. 50-60 mph wind was observed at 6:41pm at the national weather service office in north johnston). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, indianola, altoona, waukee, boone, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, nevada, winterset, adel, windsor heights and carlisle. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 44 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 99 and 149. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cst for central, south central and southwestern iowa.
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| 3/6/2017 6:45 PM CST | 50 to 60 mph wind gusts and pea sized hail. in dallas county IA, 4 miles SE of West Des Moines, IA |
| 3/6/2017 6:30 PM CST |
 At 629 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles north of boone to 7 miles northeast of green valley lake, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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| 8/11/2016 9:43 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for eastern madison, southwestern story, polk, northwestern warren, southeastern boone and southeastern dallas counties will expire at 945 pm cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 pm cdt for south central and central iowa. remember, a separate severe thunderstorm warning still remains in effect until 1030pm.
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| 8/11/2016 9:36 PM CDT |
 At 935 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles north of bondurant to near mitchellville to 6 miles south of indianola, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, slater, granger and southridge mall.
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| 8/11/2016 9:10 PM CDT | Large tree blown onto roof of two-story residence. time and location estimated from rada in polk county IA, 1.5 miles SW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 8/11/2016 9:09 PM CDT |
 At 908 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near slater to saylorville lake to 6 miles east of winterset, moving east at 45 mph (trained weather spotters. winds gusts estimated from 60 to 65 mph were reported 1 mile northwest of grimes). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley and saylorville.
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| 8/11/2016 9:04 PM CDT |
 At 902 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from madrid to near grimes to near winterset, moving east at 45 mph. an area of enhanced winds on radar are currently indicated over granger, johnston, and polk city (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley and saylorville.
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| 8/11/2016 8:50 PM CDT |
 At 850 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near woodward to adel to 7 miles west of winterset, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, altoona, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, perry, winterset, adel, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, huxley and saylorville.
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| 8/11/2016 8:39 PM CDT |
 At 838 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near perry to 7 miles west of adel to stuart, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
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| 8/10/2016 5:28 PM CDT |
 The severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern dallas county will expire at 530 pm cdt. the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits. and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however heavy rain is occurring with this thunderstorm. And a flash flood warning has.
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| 8/10/2016 5:17 PM CDT |
 At 517 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near grimes, moving north at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, urbandale, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, dallas center, granger and minburn.
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| 8/10/2016 5:02 PM CDT |
 At 501 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near waukee, moving north at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
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| 8/10/2016 3:47 PM CDT |
 At 346 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over principal park, or over des moines, moving north at 30 mph. at 335 pm, a 61 mph wind gust was measured at the des moines international airport (public). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
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| 11/11/2015 3:58 PM CST | The severe thunderstorm warning for western story, polk, northern warren, eastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 400 pm cst, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a tornado watch remains in effect until 600 pm cst for south central iowa. |
| 11/11/2015 3:07 PM CST |
 At 307 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of perry to 12 miles northeast of osceola, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. Siding and trees.
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| 11/11/2015 3:04 PM CST |
 At 304 pm cst, a confirmed tornado was located 5 miles east of winterset, moving northeast at 40 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. the tornado will be near, west des moines and norwalk around 330 pm cst. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st. charles, patterson, martensdale, spring hill, bevington, st. marys, cumming and truro. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 51 and 66.
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| 11/11/2015 2:59 PM CST |
 At 259 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 5 miles northwest of winterset, moving northeast at 60 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, de soto and van meter around 310 pm cst. waukee and adel around 315 pm cst. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include winterset-madison county airport and badger creek state park. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 105 and 118.
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| 11/11/2015 2:46 PM CST |
 At 246 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northwest of carroll to 7 miles southeast of coon rapids to 7 miles west of winterset, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
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| 8/10/2015 12:36 AM CDT |
 At 1234 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of stuart, or 13 miles northeast of greenfield, moving southeast at 45 mph (emergency manager. at 1223 pm...downed trees were reported in menlo). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. this severe storm will be near, winterset around 1250 am cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include menlo, patterson, winterset-madison county airport, badger creek state park, macksburg, dexter, diamondhead lake, redfield and east peru. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 87 and 114.
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| 8/10/2015 12:14 AM CDT |
 At 1214 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of guthrie center, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, stuart around 1225 am cdt. earlham around 1235 am cdt. winterset around 1250 am cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include badger creek state park, casey, dexter, diamondhead lake, menlo, patterson, winterset-madison county airport, macksburg, linden and redfield. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 79 and 116.
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| 8/8/2015 11:54 PM CDT |
 At 1153 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast of van meter, or 6 miles southwest of west des moines, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, norwalk, pleasant hill, grimes, windsor heights, carlisle, de soto, van meter, southridge mall, des moines int`l airport, drake stadium and knapp center, valley west mall, jordan creek town center, merle hay mall and principal park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 56 and 72. interstate 80 between mile markers 110 and 132. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 10.
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| 8/8/2015 11:33 PM CDT |
 At 1132 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
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| 8/2/2015 5:53 PM CDT |
 At 551 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near carlisle to 5 miles north of avenue of the saints event center, moving southeast at 40 mph (trained weather spotters at 525 pm...60 mph near west des moines). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, martensdale, cumming, st. marys, spring hill and bevington. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 51 and 66.
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| 8/2/2015 5:39 PM CDT |
 At 538 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near norwalk, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, carlisle, southridge mall, des moines int`l airport, martensdale, cumming, st. marys, bevington, spring hill and walnut woods state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 51 and 70.
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| 8/2/2015 5:25 PM CDT | Semi truck blown over in costco parking lot. reported via twitter. time estimated from rada in dallas county IA, 1.5 miles ESE of West Des Moines, IA |
| 8/2/2015 5:22 PM CDT |
 At 521 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over jordan creek town center, or over west des moines, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
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| 6/25/2015 12:39 AM CDT |
 At 1239 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of avenue of the saints event center, or 7 miles southwest of norwalk, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, west des moines, indianola, norwalk, avenue of the saints event center, st. charles, new virginia, martensdale, cumming, patterson, st. marys, bevington, spring hill and lake ahquabi state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 47 and 66.
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| 6/25/2015 12:14 AM CDT |
 At 1213 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over de soto, or 6 miles south of adel, moving southeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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| 5/17/2015 3:11 AM CDT | At 310 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dallas center, or near adel, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, woodward around 330 am cdt. perry around 335 am cdt. ogden around 350 am cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include grand junction, rippey, beaver, minburn, berkley, bouton, ledges state park and perry municipal airport. 75in. |
| 4/8/2015 12:23 PM CDT | The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. southwestern jasper county in central iowa. southern polk county in central iowa. until 100 pm cdt * at 1223 pm cdt. A severe thunderstorm was located over des. |
| 5/8/2014 7:02 PM CDT | Hen Egg sized hail reported 2.9 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA, times estimated |
| 9/19/2013 3:40 PM CDT | Storm damage reported in dallas county IA, 1.9 miles SSE of West Des Moines, IA |
| 9/19/2013 3:36 PM CDT | 4 inch diameter tree down with damage to deck. gutters...soffitt...and shingles blown off shed. time estimate by radar in dallas county IA, 3.5 miles SE of West Des Moines, IA |
| 7/22/2013 9:30 PM CDT | Pea size hail too. report via nwscha in dallas county IA, 1.9 miles SSE of West Des Moines, IA |
| 8/8/2012 4:02 PM CDT | Winds estimated in excess of 70 mph. extreme rainfall rates as wel in polk county IA, 1.9 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 8/8/2012 3:57 PM CDT | At intersection of 68th and douglas...numerous 2 inch diameter limbs down with winds estimated in excess of 60 mp in polk county IA, 1.9 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 8/8/2012 3:55 PM CDT | Storm damage reported in polk county IA, 3.1 miles S of West Des Moines, IA |
| 4/14/2012 8:43 PM CDT | 3 to 8 inch tree limbs down at valley junctio in polk county IA, 1.9 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 4/14/2012 8:00 PM CDT | Most of roof torn away from a commercial building. time estimated from rada in polk county IA, 3.8 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 4/14/2012 7:44 PM CDT | Reported north of the jordan creek mal in dallas county IA, 1.1 miles SSE of West Des Moines, IA |
| 1/1/0001 12:00 AM | Quarter sized hail reported 3.3 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA, at woi-tv |
| 1/1/0001 12:00 AM | Quarter sized hail reported 3.1 miles S of West Des Moines, IA |
| 1/1/0001 12:00 AM | Quarter sized hail reported 3.3 miles SSW of West Des Moines, IA, observed at woi tv abc5 studios in west des moines |
| 1/1/0001 12:00 AM | Quarter sized hail reported 1.9 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA |
| 1/1/0001 12:00 AM | Quarter sized hail reported 1.9 miles WSW of West Des Moines, IA |
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