Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 30 at 10:57PM CDT until March 30 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 30, 2026 - 8:57pm
Expires:
March 30, 2026 - 9:15pm
Description:
At 1057 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Weh-Weh-Neh-Kee State Park, or near Ankeny, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Des Moines, Ankeny, Johnston, Altoona, Pleasant Hill, Bondurant,
Saylorville, Prairie Meadows, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Adventureland
Amusement Park, Saylorville Lake, Weh-Weh-Neh-Kee State Park, Margo
Frankel Woods State Park, and Ankeny Regional Airport.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 93.
Interstate 80 between mile markers 134 and 147.
Interstate 235 between mile markers 9 and 14.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Polk, IA
Forcast Office:
NWS Des Moines IA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov