Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 7:09PM CDT until May 15 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 15, 2026 - 5:09pm
Expires:
May 15, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description:
At 709 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Griswold to 5 miles north of Viking Lake State
Park to near Hepburn, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Red Oak AWOS observed a 74 mph wind gust at 658 PM.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
These severe storms will be near...
Nodaway around 715 PM CDT.
Corning, Carbon, and Corning Municipal Airport around 720 PM CDT.
Lake Icaria, Cumberland, and Lake Icaria State Park around 725 PM
CDT.
Massena and Prescott around 730 PM CDT.
Lenox and Bridgewater around 735 PM CDT.
Kent around 740 PM CDT.
Fontanelle and Cromwell around 745 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Kent,
Fontanelle, Sharpsburg, Bridgewater, Cumberland, Clearfield, Corning
Municipal Airport, Cromwell, Carbon, and Nodaway.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Adair, IA; Adams, IA; Cass, IA; Ringgold, IA; Taylor, IA; Union, IA
Forcast Office:
NWS Des Moines IA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov