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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Status

New Event Expired

Start Time

Mon 05/19/2025 05:55 PM EDT

End Time

Mon 05/19/2025 06:30 PM EDT

Significance

Warning

Storm Location

4 mi NE of Elkhart, IA

Storm Motion

Moving NE at 44 mph

Impacts

High impact

Hail threatradar indicated
Max hail size1.00 in
Wind threatradar indicated
Max wind gust<50 mph

Locations Affected

Cambridge, IA ∙ Rhodes, IA ∙ Maxwell, IA ∙ Zearing, IA ∙ Saint Anthony, IA ∙ Nevada, IA ∙ McCallsburg, IA ∙ Collins, IA ∙ Shipley, IA ∙ Clemons, IA

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Des Moines IA 455 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025 The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Polk County in central Iowa... Eastern Story County in central Iowa... West central Marshall County in central Iowa... Northwestern Jasper County in central Iowa... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 455 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Elkhart, or 9 miles northeast of Ankeny, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Nevada, Bondurant, Huxley, State Center, Maxwell, Colo, Cambridge, Elkhart, Zearing, Collins, Alleman, McCallsburg, Rhodes, Clemons, and St. Anthony. This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 98 and 108. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4171 9344 4183 9363 4221 9341 4214 9314 4200 9306 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 210DEG 38KT 4182 9346 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH