Hail Map for Ankeny, IA

Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near Ankeny, IA

Date / Time	Report Details
8/19/2022 4:41 PM CDT	At 441 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over altoona, 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, mitchellville and valeria. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 139 and 153. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/19/2022 4:26 PM CDT	At 426 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near the iowa state fairgrounds, or near pleasant hill, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, pleasant hill around 430 pm cdt. altoona, bondurant, adventureland amusement park and prairie meadows around 435 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include mitchellville and valeria. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 89. interstate 80 between mile markers 135 and 153. interstate 235 between mile markers 9 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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.
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.
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.
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.
4/23/2022 7:46 PM CDT	At 745 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near ankeny to near carlisle to 11 miles south of indianola, moving northeast at 60 mph (broadcast media). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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.
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.
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
4/23/2022 6:32 PM CDT	At 632 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near ankeny, moving east 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. Locations impacted include, ankeny, elkhart and alleman.
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.
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.
4/23/2022 6:22 PM CDT	At 622 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over polk city, or near johnston, moving east at 50 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.
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.
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.
3/5/2022 6:09 PM CST	At 608 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm was located over mitchellville, or 8 miles east of altoona, moving northeast at 40 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, newton and baxter. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
12/15/2021 6:35 PM CST	Awos station kikv ankeny airpor in polk county IA, 2.8 miles NNW of Ankeny, IA
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
7/14/2021 9:08 PM CDT	At 908 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near mitchellville to rock creek lake, 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, ankeny, newton, altoona, bondurant, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, colfax, baxter, rock creek lake, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, maxwell, melbourne, cambridge, elkhart, kellogg, gilman, collins and alleman. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 104. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 163.
7/14/2021 8:53 PM CDT	At 853 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near bondurant to near rock creek lake, moving east 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, ankeny, marshalltown, newton, altoona, bondurant, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, colfax, baxter, rock creek lake, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, le grand, maxwell, melbourne, cambridge, elkhart, kellogg and gilman. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 106. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 163.
7/14/2021 8:42 PM CDT	At 841 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles south of nevada to 6 miles south of marshalltown, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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.
7/9/2021 2:08 PM CDT	Golf Ball sized hail reported 2.9 miles ESE of Ankeny, IA, half dollar to golf ball sized hail.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
8/10/2020 11:30 AM CDT	Peak wind gust of 77 mph via davis weather station. tree branches of 2-3 inch diameter broken and on the ground. 4 inch tree broke off at the groun in polk county IA, 1.7 miles NNW of Ankeny, IA
8/10/2020 11:26 AM CDT	Mailboxes blown down... along with trees and branches of undetermined siz in polk county IA, 2.8 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
8/10/2020 11:15 AM CDT	Awos station kikv ankeny airpor in polk county IA, 2.8 miles NNW of Ankeny, IA
8/10/2020 11:10 AM CDT	6 in larger tree limbs down. power outages. time estimated by radar. wind gusts of 50 mph lasted 30 minutes. report 11:40 a in polk county IA, 2.8 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
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.
8/10/2020 11:01 AM CDT	Mesonet station raki4 ankeny - i35 and ne 36t in polk county IA, 3.5 miles SSW of Ankeny, 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.
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.
8/6/2020 4:08 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk county will expire at 415 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, lightning, and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
8/6/2020 3:51 PM CDT	At 350 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over polk city, or near ankeny, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, ankeny, johnston, polk city, saylorville, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 101.
8/6/2020 3:35 PM CDT	At 334 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 8 miles north of johnston, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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.
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.
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.
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.
7/14/2020 7:57 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.1 miles ENE of Ankeny, IA
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.
7/14/2020 7:45 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1 miles WSW of Ankeny, IA
7/14/2020 7:41 PM CDT	At 716 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or near grimes, moving southeast 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.
7/14/2020 7:22 PM CDT	At 722 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over saylorville lake, or near johnston, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include 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 dangerous storm will be near, johnston and saylorville around 740 pm cdt. ankeny around 745 pm cdt. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 132 and 133.
7/14/2020 7:16 PM CDT	At 716 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or near grimes, moving southeast 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.
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.
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.
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.
6/3/2020 5:14 AM CDT	At 514 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adventureland amusement park, or near altoona, moving east 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, ankeny, altoona, pleasant hill, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, adventureland amusement park, iowa events center, mingo, valeria, 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 95. interstate 80 between mile markers 135 and 156. Interstate 235 between mile markers 8 and 14.
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.
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.
5/25/2020 6:52 PM CDT	The tornado warning for north central polk county will expire at 700 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. however gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
5/25/2020 6:48 PM CDT	At 648 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near ankeny, moving northeast at 30 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, ankeny and alleman. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 100.
5/25/2020 6:40 PM CDT	At 640 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located near ankeny, moving northeast at 40 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. this tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central polk county, including the following locations, alleman. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 100.
5/25/2020 6:32 PM CDT	At 631 pm cdt, a tornado producing storm was located over johnston, moving northeast at 30 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. this tornadic storm will be near, ankeny around 635 pm cdt. polk city around 640 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include elkhart and alleman. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 100.
10/1/2019 5:55 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for eastern polk, southwestern jasper and north central warren counties 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. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central and south central iowa.
10/1/2019 5:41 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.
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.
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.
9/22/2019 12:51 AM CDT	At 1251 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near pleasant hill, 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.
9/14/2019 3:36 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk, southwestern story, southeastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 345 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.
9/14/2019 3:22 PM CDT	At 259 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or near perry, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
9/14/2019 3:00 PM CDT	The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. northwestern polk county in central iowa. southwestern story county in central iowa. southeastern boone county in central iowa. Northeastern dallas county in central iowa.
9/10/2019 4:18 AM CDT	At 417 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over mitchellville, or 8 miles northeast of altoona, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated. at 350 am cdt a tree fell on a power line in south des moines near indianola ave and easter lake. tree damage was also reported near mason ave in south des moines). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ankeny, altoona, pleasant hill, bondurant, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, adventureland amusement park, runnells, valeria, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and prairie city krohn airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 88. interstate 80 between mile markers 138 and 162. Interstate 235 between mile markers 11 and 14.
9/10/2019 4:12 AM CDT	At 411 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over mitchellville, or near altoona, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated. at 350 am cdt a tree fell on a power line in south des moines near indianola ave and easter lake. tree damage was also reported near mason ave in south des moines). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ankeny, altoona, pleasant hill, carlisle, bondurant, mitchellville, colfax, prairie city, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, adventureland amusement park, iowa events center, runnells, valeria, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and prairie city krohn airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 88. interstate 80 between mile markers 138 and 161. Interstate 235 between mile markers 8 and 14.
9/10/2019 3:57 AM CDT	At 356 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over pleasant hill, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
7/20/2019 7:15 PM CDT	Large 6 to 8 inch tree branch snapped. report via social media. delayed report. time estimated via rada in polk county IA, 1.8 miles WNW of Ankeny, IA
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
7/20/2019 5:24 PM CDT	Trees down at the ia dot facility in ankeny. small 4 to 6 inch diameter trees snapped and blown down. time estimated from radar... delayed repor in polk county IA, 2.8 miles NNW of Ankeny, IA
7/20/2019 5:23 PM CDT	Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report (time) from 3 sse ankeny. large 6 to 8 inch tree branch snapped. report via social media. delayed report. time estimated via radar in polk county IA, 1.8 miles WNW of Ankeny, IA
7/20/2019 5:18 PM CDT	Portable message boards blown over. time estimate in polk county IA, 1.9 miles NNW of Ankeny, IA
7/20/2019 5:15 PM CDT	Polk county emergency management staff reported 4 inch tree branch dow in polk county IA, 1.1 miles S of Ankeny, IA
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.
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
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.
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
6/15/2019 5:14 PM CDT	At 513 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near state center to 10 miles northeast of bondurant to near saylorville, moving southeast 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, ankeny, altoona, pleasant hill, nevada, bondurant, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, colfax, baxter, adventureland amusement park, iowa events center, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, principal park, maxwell, colo, melbourne and cambridge. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 108. interstate 80 between mile markers 136 and 152. Interstate 235 between mile markers 9 and 14.
6/15/2019 5:09 PM CDT	At 509 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near state center to 10 miles north of bondurant to saylorville, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated. this storm has a history of producing wind gusts over 60 mph). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, des moines, ames, ankeny, johnston, altoona, pleasant hill, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, mitchellville, colfax, slater, baxter, saylorville lake, adventureland amusement park, iowa events center and big creek lake. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 114. interstate 80 between mile markers 132 and 152. Interstate 235 between mile markers 7 and 14.
6/15/2019 4:51 PM CDT	At 450 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or near ames, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters. the ames airport recently gusted to 65 mph). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
4/17/2019 3:57 PM CDT	At 357 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near polk city, or near ankeny, 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. locations impacted include, ankeny, bondurant, polk city, huxley, slater, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 103.
4/17/2019 3:43 PM CDT	At 343 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 7 miles north of 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.
9/1/2018 9:21 PM CDT	At 901 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 10 miles north of grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, ankeny, perry, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, alleman, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, bouton and big creek state park.
9/1/2018 9:01 PM CDT	At 901 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 10 miles north of grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, ankeny, perry, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, alleman, minburn, sheldahl, kelley, bouton and big creek state park.
9/1/2018 8:50 PM CDT	At 849 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northwest of grimes, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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.
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.
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
9/1/2018 7:45 PM CDT	At 744 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over mitchellville, or near altoona, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. at 740 pm storm spotters reported golf ball just southeast of ankeny and another report of quarter sized hail in northeast des moines. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. locations impacted include, des moines, ankeny, newton, altoona, pleasant hill, bondurant, mitchellville, colfax, monroe, prairie city, adventureland amusement park, iowa speedway, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, rock creek lake, sully, kellogg, lambs grove, oakland acres and reasnor. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 89. interstate 80 between mile markers 138 and 178. Interstate 235 between mile markers 11 and 14.
9/1/2018 7:36 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk, southwestern story, southeastern boone and northeastern dallas counties will expire at 745 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.
9/1/2018 7:36 PM CDT	At 736 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over altoona, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
9/1/2018 7:25 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.
9/1/2018 7:24 PM CDT	At 723 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 10 miles northwest of ankeny, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, grimes, polk city, huxley, madrid, slater, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 99 and 107.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
8/1/2018 8:41 PM CDT	At 841 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or 9 miles northeast of ankeny, 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, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, boone, grimes, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, slater, granger, iowa state center, saylorville lake, big creek lake, boone speedway, maxwell, cambridge and elkhart. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 90 and 112. Interstate 80 between mile markers 129 and 132.
8/1/2018 8:16 PM CDT	At 816 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or near ames, 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.
6/30/2018 9:23 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
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
6/30/2018 7:26 PM CDT	At 726 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville lake, or near johnston, moving east 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, ankeny, johnston, grimes, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, slater, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman, sheldahl, big creek state park and ankeny regional airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 91 and 107.
6/30/2018 7:05 PM CDT	At 705 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or near grimes, moving east at 35 mph. 60 mph winds were reported in dallas center with this storm (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/30/2018 6:20 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 3.3 miles SSE of Ankeny, IA, via social media picture.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
6/6/2018 5:50 PM CDT	At 550 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from slater to near granger to near perry, moving south at 15 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, ankeny, johnston, perry, polk city, madrid, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake, minburn, sheldahl, bouton, luther, berkley, perry municipal airport, big creek state park and ledges state park.
6/6/2018 5:45 PM CDT	At 545 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or 9 miles northeast of ankeny, 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. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, nevada, huxley, slater, iowa state center, maxwell, colo, cambridge, elkhart, collins, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, mingo and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 116.
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.
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.
6/6/2018 5:28 PM CDT	At 527 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 8 miles southwest of nevada, 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, ames, ankeny, nevada, huxley, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, maxwell, colo, cambridge, elkhart, collins, alleman, sheldahl, kelley, mingo and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 94 and 120.
6/6/2018 5:25 PM CDT	At 525 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 10 miles east of perry, 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.
6/6/2018 5:19 PM CDT	At 519 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, 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.
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.
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.
5/29/2018 3:42 PM CDT	At 342 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of huxley, or 11 miles northeast of ankeny, moving northwest at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, huxley, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart and alleman. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 106.
5/29/2018 3:30 PM CDT	At 329 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of bondurant, or 11 miles northeast of altoona, moving northwest at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/28/2018 3:23 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern polk, southern story and northwestern jasper counties will expire at 330 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.
5/28/2018 3:06 PM CDT	At 305 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of huxley, or 10 miles south of nevada, moving northwest at 10 mph (public). 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, huxley, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, collins and alleman. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 106.
5/28/2018 2:50 PM CDT	At 249 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of huxley, or 11 miles south of nevada, moving west 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.
5/25/2018 7:26 PM CDT	At 726 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near bondurant, or 7 miles northeast of ankeny, moving southeast at 15 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, ankeny, bondurant and elkhart. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.
5/25/2018 6:57 PM CDT	At 656 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 9 miles north of ankeny, moving south at 15 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.
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.
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.
5/3/2018 5:43 PM CDT	At 543 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over clive, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include 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 dangerous storm will be near, ankeny and granger around 555 pm cdt. polk city and saylorville lake around 600 pm cdt. big creek lake around 605 pm cdt. slater around 610 pm cdt. huxley around 615 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include big creek state park, sheldahl, alleman, elkhart, cambridge and ankeny regional airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 105.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
7/20/2017 10:08 PM CDT	At 1007 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near nevada to 9 miles west of baxter to near mitchellville, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, altoona, nevada, bondurant, huxley, mitchellville, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, weh-weh-neh-kee state park and ankeny regional airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 96, and between mile markers 106 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/20/2017 9:56 PM CDT	At 955 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near nevada to 6 miles east of huxley to bondurant, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, adventureland amusement park, prairie meadows, saylorville lake, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman and sheldahl. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/20/2017 9:44 PM CDT	At 943 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from iowa state center to saylorville, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated. in addition...several reports of tree branches downed have been reported with these storms). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, grimes, nevada, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, madrid, mitchellville, slater, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, adventureland amusement park, iowa state center and prairie meadows. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 113. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/20/2017 9:19 PM CDT	At 918 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 10 miles east of perry, moving east at 40 mph (trained weather spotters. several reports of 60 mph wind gusts have been received, with branches down). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
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.
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.
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.
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.
6/22/2017 10:44 PM CDT	At 1044 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over altoona, 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.
6/22/2017 10:23 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk county will expire at 1030 pm cdt, the severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
6/22/2017 10:10 PM CDT	At 1010 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over polk city, or near johnston, 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, ankeny, johnston, polk city, saylorville, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, elkhart, alleman, margo frankel woods state park, big creek state park and ankeny regional airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 88 and 99.
6/22/2017 9:49 PM CDT	At 947 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over woodward, or 11 miles east of perry, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
6/15/2017 11:18 PM CDT	At 1118 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over mitchellville, or near altoona, 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, ankeny, altoona, pleasant hill, bondurant, saylorville, mitchellville, prairie meadows, iowa state fairgrounds, drake stadium and knapp center, adventureland amusement park, valeria, 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 91. interstate 80 between mile markers 134 and 151. Interstate 235 between mile markers 11 and 14.
6/15/2017 11:07 PM CDT	At 1107 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near 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.
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.
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
6/14/2017 9:39 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk and eastern dallas counties will expire at 945 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.
6/14/2017 9:24 AM CDT	At 924 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dallas center, or near grimes, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, waukee, grimes, adel, polk city, saylorville, dallas center, granger, woodward, big creek lake, saylorville lake and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 near mile marker 94.
6/14/2017 9:14 AM CDT	At 914 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over adel, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/17/2017 4:40 PM CDT	At 440 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of boone to near nevada to near colfax, moving northeast at 70 mph (trained weather spotters. these storms have a history of producing wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph with numerous trees down and minor structural damage). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, newton, altoona, boone, nevada, jefferson, bondurant, story city, huxley, madrid, mitchellville, colfax, ogden, prairie city, slater, state center, roland, baxter and gilbert. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 91 and 126. interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 164. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central and west central iowa.
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.
5/17/2017 3:36 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern polk county will expire at 345 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/17/2017 3:29 PM CDT	At 328 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 9 miles northwest of ankeny, moving northeast at 40 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, big creek lake, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/17/2017 3:18 PM CDT	At 318 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 7 miles north of johnston, moving north at 40 mph (trained weather 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. locations impacted include, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, grimes, polk city, saylorville, granger, saylorville lake, big creek lake, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 131 and 132. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/17/2017 3:12 PM CDT	At 311 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near grimes, moving north at 40 mph (trained weather spotters quarter sized hail across the metro). 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, des moines, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, clive, grimes, windsor heights, polk city, saylorville, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, merle hay mall, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 126 and 132. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
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.
3/6/2017 7:07 PM CST	At 706 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 13 miles southwest of eldora to southridge mall, 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.
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.
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.
8/11/2016 9:52 PM CDT	At 951 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of roland to 10 miles west of baxter to near prairie city, 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, ankeny, newton, altoona, pleasant hill, nevada, carlisle, bondurant, mitchellville, colfax, monroe, prairie city, state center, baxter, adventureland amusement park, iowa state fairgrounds, prairie meadows, iowa speedway, maxwell and colo.
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.
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.
8/11/2016 9:27 PM CDT	At 926 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from ames to near ankeny to near carlisle, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated. these storms have a history of producing 60 mph wind gusts). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
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.
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.
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.
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.
8/10/2016 4:10 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for central polk county will expire at 415 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.
8/10/2016 3:58 PM CDT	At 358 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over saylorville, or near ankeny, 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, ankeny, urbandale, johnston, altoona, pleasant hill, windsor heights, carlisle, bondurant, polk city, saylorville, principal park, saylorville lake, merle hay mall, adventureland amusement park, iowa state fairgrounds, iowa events center, drake stadium and knapp center, prairie meadows and elkhart.
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.
5/26/2016 2:54 AM CDT	At 254 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of lake city to 7 miles south of panora, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
3/30/2016 8:06 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.6 miles E of Ankeny, IA, trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
3/30/2016 8:00 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.9 miles SSE of Ankeny, IA, trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
3/30/2016 8:00 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.8 miles NNE of Ankeny, IA, trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
3/30/2016 8:00 PM CDT	At 800 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near ankeny, moving east at 35 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, altoona, prairie meadows and adventureland amusement park around 805 pm cdt. bondurant around 810 pm cdt. mitchellville around 820 pm cdt. colfax around 830 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include weh-weh-neh-kee state park, margo frankel woods state park, prairie city krohn airport, mingo, ankeny regional airport, valeria, elkhart and alleman. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 98. interstate 80 between mile markers 134 and 160. Interstate 235 between mile markers 13 and 14.
3/30/2016 7:55 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 2.8 miles SE of Ankeny, IA, trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
3/30/2016 7:53 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 1.6 miles E of Ankeny, IA, trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
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.
9/6/2015 9:33 PM CDT	At 933 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near polk city, or 4 miles northwest of ankeny, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe storm will be near, ankeny around 945 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include alleman, big creek state park, elkhart and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.
9/6/2015 9:20 PM CDT	At 920 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over big creek lake, or 11 miles north of johnston, moving southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe storm will be near, saylorville lake around 925 pm cdt. polk city around 930 pm cdt. ankeny around 1000 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include alleman, big creek state park, elkhart and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.
9/6/2015 9:12 PM CDT	At 912 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 13 miles south of boone, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, big creek lake and saylorville lake around 920 pm cdt. polk city around 930 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include alleman, big creek state park, elkhart and sheldahl. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 92 and 101.
7/27/2015 12:42 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern dallas, southwestern story and northern polk counties will expire at 1245 pm cdt, the severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
7/27/2015 12:31 PM CDT	At 1231 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over granger, or 5 miles north of grimes, 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. locations impacted include, ankeny, johnston, altoona, grimes, bondurant, polk city, huxley, saylorville, mitchellville, slater, granger, big creek lake, saylorville lake, prairie meadows, maxwell, cambridge, elkhart, alleman, sheldahl and big creek state park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 89 and 105. Interstate 80 between mile markers 141 and 149.
7/27/2015 12:13 PM CDT	At 1212 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northwest of grimes, 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.
7/26/2015 4:49 AM CDT	At 448 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near granger, or 7 miles north of grimes, moving east at 35 mph. Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, polk city around 455 am cdt. saylorville around 505 am cdt. ankeny around 510 am cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include elkhart, big creek state park, ankeny regional airport and alleman. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 90 and 97.
6/17/2014 1:21 AM CDT	Storm damage reported in polk county IA, 3.5 miles NW of Ankeny, IA
6/17/2014 1:19 AM CDT	Via social media in polk county IA, 1.8 miles SSW of Ankeny, IA
6/17/2014 1:19 AM CDT	60 to 70 mph in polk county IA, 2.7 miles SSE of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:10 PM CDT	Up to 18 inch diameter limbs/branches down around central ankeny. wind gusts estimated at 60 mp in polk county IA, 0.7 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:09 PM CDT	8 inch diameter tree trunk snapped two feet off the g in polk county IA, 1.2 miles SSE of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:05 PM CDT	Small to large branches down in ankeny. business sign damage along 1st street. construction material on roa in polk county IA, 1.5 miles SW of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:04 PM CDT	6-12 inch diameter trees down near ne 5th and ne trilein in polk county IA, 1.2 miles SSW of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:04 PM CDT	6 inch tree branches down by off duty nws employee hous in polk county IA, 3.2 miles S of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:03 PM CDT	No damage at this tim in polk county IA, 2.8 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:00 PM CDT	6 inch diameter tree snapped in polk county IA, 0.7 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:00 PM CDT	6-8 inch branch down on road near ankeny blvd and ne 9th street. 9 inches of water still on road slowing traffi in polk county IA, 1.8 miles S of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:00 PM CDT	6 inch diameter branch snapped in polk county IA, 1.5 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
9/19/2013 4:00 PM CDT	Shingles blown off roofs of several houses in polk county IA, 2.5 miles SSE of Ankeny, IA
5/20/2013 7:19 PM CDT	Golf Ball sized hail reported 2.4 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
5/20/2013 7:16 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 2.5 miles SSE of Ankeny, IA
5/19/2013 7:46 PM CDT	Six inch diameter trees dow in polk county IA, 1.5 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
5/19/2013 7:16 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 0.7 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
5/19/2013 7:08 PM CDT	Gas station canopy torn off near 36th and ankeny blvd in polk county IA, 3.1 miles S of Ankeny, IA
5/19/2013 7:07 PM CDT	Storm damage reported in polk county IA, 0.7 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
5/19/2013 7:06 PM CDT	Schoolnet site in polk county IA, 0.7 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
5/19/2013 7:06 PM CDT	Shingles and siding torn from some home in polk county IA, 3.9 miles S of Ankeny, IA
4/14/2012 7:55 PM CDT	60 to 65 mph winds...no damage reports yet. wind lasted about 10 mp in polk county IA, 1 miles WSW of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Storm damage reported in polk county IA, 2.5 miles SSE of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Some shingles ripped off the roof of a hous in polk county IA, 2.5 miles SSE of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Spotter estimated 60 mph gus in polk county IA, 1.8 miles S of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Golf Ball sized hail reported 0.7 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Quarter sized hail reported 3.5 miles SSW of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Half Dollar sized hail reported 0.7 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Quarter sized hail reported 0.7 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Quarter sized hail reported 0.7 miles SE of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 2.9 miles ESE of Ankeny, IA, average hail size 1.25 inch diameter. minor leaf damage to trees.
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Quarter sized hail reported 3.2 miles S of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Quarter sized hail reported 1.9 miles SSE of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Several three inch diameter tree limbs down at the dmacc campus in ankeny in polk county IA, 1.9 miles ENE of Ankeny, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Quarter sized hail reported 2.2 miles E of Ankeny, IA