Iowa Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/15/2026 12:06

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 15 at 2:06PM CDT until April 15 at 2:45PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 15, 2026 - 12:06pm
Expires: 
April 15, 2026 - 12:45pm
Description: 
SVRDMX The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Story County in central Iowa... Hardin County in central Iowa... Northwestern Marshall County in central Iowa... Southeastern Franklin County in north central Iowa... Southwestern Grundy County in central Iowa... Southeastern Hamilton County in central Iowa... * Until 245 PM CDT. * At 206 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Randall, or 15 miles north of Ames, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Law enforcement. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Iowa Falls, Eldora, Story City, Ackley, Roland, Jewell Junction, Conrad, Hubbard, Zearing, Radcliffe, Ellsworth, Union, McCallsburg, Steamboat Rock, Liscomb, New Providence, Randall, Whitten, Buckeye, and St. Anthony. This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 119 and 140.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Franklin, IA; Grundy, IA; Hamilton, IA; Hardin, IA; Marshall, IA; Story, IA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Des Moines IA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov