Hail Map for Colo, IA

The Colo, IA area has had 2 reports of on-the-ground hail by trained spotters, and has been under severe weather warnings 15 times during the past 12 months. Doppler radar has detected hail at or near Colo, IA on 59 occasions, including 6 occasions during the past year.

Name: Colo, IA
Where Located: 33.3 miles NNE of Des Moines, IA
Map: Google Map for Colo, IA
Population: 876
Housing Units: 370
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Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near Colo, IA

Date / Time Report Details
4/16/2024 12:45 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/16/2024 12:57 PM CDT The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. however, gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a tornado watch remains in effect until 600 pm cdt for central and north central iowa.
4/16/2024 12:38 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/16/2024 12:48 PM CDT At 1238 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from goodell to near alden to near hubbard to near state center, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, nevada, iowa falls, clarion, eldora, story city, belmond, roland, big wall lake, elm lake, colo, hubbard, alden, zearing, radcliffe, dows, ellsworth, latimer, union, williams, and mccallsburg. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 115 and 171.
4/16/2024 12:38 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/16/2024 12:47 PM CDT the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
4/16/2024 12:19 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/16/2024 12:37 PM CDT At 1218 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles west of kanawha to 4 miles southeast of big wall lake to near drake airport to near zearing, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, webster city, nevada, iowa falls, clarion, eldora, eagle grove, story city, huxley, belmond, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, elm lake, iowa state center, big wall lake, maxwell, colo, hubbard, and cambridge. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 98 and 171.
4/16/2024 12:19 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/16/2024 12:37 PM CDT the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
4/16/2024 12:04 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/16/2024 12:19 PM CDT At 1203 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near hardy to near kamrar to near roland to near nevada, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, ankeny, fort dodge, johnston, boone, webster city, nevada, iowa falls, clarion, eldora, eagle grove, story city, polk city, huxley, belmond, slater, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, and elm lake. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 98 and 171.
4/16/2024 11:41 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/16/2024 11:56 AM CDT Svrdmx the national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northwestern polk county in central iowa, story county in central iowa, northwestern marshall county in central iowa, hardin county in central iowa, eastern webster county in central iowa, wright county in north central iowa, western franklin county in north central iowa, eastern humboldt county in north central iowa, northeastern boone county in central iowa, hamilton county in central iowa, * until 1245 pm cdt. * at 1140 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near lehigh to 6 miles northeast of fraser to near kelley to alleman, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts with brief tornadoes possible. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/12/2023 8:05 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/12/2023 8:16 AM CDT At 805 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over lake ahquabi state park, or 7 miles south of indianola, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of polk, story, madison, northeastern union, eastern boone, clarke, eastern dallas and warren counties, including the following locations, truro, lake ahquabi state park, spring hill, martensdale, otter creek county park, maxwell, cambridge and lorimor. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 107 and 146. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/12/2023 7:41 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/12/2023 7:54 AM CDT At 740 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near winterset, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, east peru around 745 am cdt. truro and patterson around 750 am cdt. avenue of the saints event center, st. charles, martensdale, st. marys and bevington around 755 am cdt. new virginia around 800 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include lake ahquabi state park and otter creek county park. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 30 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 120. interstate 80 between mile markers 96 and 146. interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/12/2023 1:00 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/12/2023 1:07 AM CDT At 1259 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over collins, or 10 miles southeast of nevada, 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.
5/7/2023 3:42 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/7/2023 3:50 PM CDT At 341 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near rhodes, or 12 miles east of nevada, moving east at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). 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, state center and rhodes around 345 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include melbourne, haverhill, marshalltown and laurel. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 2. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/7/2023 3:30 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/7/2023 3:43 PM CDT At 330 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near colo, or 7 miles southeast of nevada, moving east at 35 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, state center and rhodes around 345 pm cdt. melbourne around 350 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include haverhill, laurel and marshalltown. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/7/2023 3:20 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/7/2023 3:31 PM CDT At 320 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over zearing, or 10 miles northeast of nevada, moving east at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). 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. locations impacted include, clemons and st. anthony. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 114 and 117, and between mile markers 119 and 120. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, observed max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/7/2023 3:06 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/7/2023 3:08 PM CDT At 306 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over roland, or 9 miles north of nevada, moving east at 35 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. this severe storm will be near, mccallsburg and garden city around 315 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include zearing, st. anthony and clemons. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 113 and 130. hail threat, observed max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/7/2023 2:56 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/7/2023 3:04 PM CDT At 256 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over story city, or 9 miles north of ames, 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, roland around 305 pm cdt. mccallsburg and garden city around 310 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include zearing, clemons and st. anthony. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 113 and 130. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/19/2023 10:57 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/19/2023 11:18 PM CDT At 1056 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near garden city to st. anthony to near baxter, 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. severe thunderstorms will be near, zearing, clemons, st. anthony, garden city and drake airport around 1100 pm cdt. hubbard around 1105 pm cdt. new providence around 1110 pm cdt. union around 1115 pm cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include eldora, whitten, owasa, eldora municipal airport, iowa falls municipal airport, steamboat rock, pine lake state park, marshalltown, albion, marshalltown municipal airport, wellsburg, liscomb and green mountain. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 50 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/19/2023 10:45 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/19/2023 11:05 PM CDT At 1044 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near colo, or 8 miles northeast of nevada, moving east at 35 mph (emergency management). 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, st. anthony around 1050 pm cdt. state center and clemons around 1055 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include zearing, kelley, ames municipal airport, st. anthony, maxwell, clemons, cambridge and mccallsburg. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 101 and 120.
4/19/2023 10:23 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/19/2023 10:45 PM CDT At 1022 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cambridge, or 6 miles southwest of nevada, moving northeast at 40 mph (emergency management). 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, nevada around 1030 pm cdt. colo around 1040 pm cdt. mccallsburg around 1050 pm cdt. zearing, clemons and st. anthony around 1055 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include zearing, kelley, ames municipal airport, alleman, st. anthony, maxwell, clemons and cambridge. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 121.
4/19/2023 10:10 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/19/2023 10:36 PM CDT At 1009 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over huxley, or 9 miles north of ankeny, moving northeast 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, cambridge around 1015 pm cdt. ames municipal airport around 1020 pm cdt. nevada and maxwell around 1025 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include colo, mccallsburg, zearing, clemons and st. anthony. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 97 and 121.
4/4/2023 8:32 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/4/2023 8:38 PM CDT At 831 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over valeria, or 10 miles northeast of altoona, 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. locations impacted include, baxter, rhodes and melbourne. this includes interstate 80 between mile markers 144 and 166. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/4/2023 8:13 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/4/2023 8:21 PM CDT At 813 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state fairgrounds, or over pleasant hill, moving northeast at 50 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, bondurant around 820 pm cdt. mitchellville around 825 pm cdt. colfax and valeria around 830 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include mingo, baxter, rhodes and melbourne. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 87 and 101. interstate 80 between mile markers 133 and 165. interstate 235 between mile markers 8 and 14. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/4/2023 6:30 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/4/2023 6:43 PM CDT At 629 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near maxwell, or 11 miles south of nevada, moving northeast at 55 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, collins around 640 pm cdt. colo and rhodes around 645 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include state center, clemons, st. anthony, albion, union, liscomb and marshalltown municipal airport. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 95 and 109. interstate 80 between mile markers 143 and 145. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/11/2022 2:21 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 11/23/2022 6:20 PM CDT At 221 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over state center, or 13 miles east of nevada, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern story and west central marshall counties, including the following locations, colo. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/11/2022 2:11 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 11/23/2022 6:31 PM CDT At 210 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near state center, or 11 miles east of nevada, moving south at 35 mph (trained weather spotters. at 2pm, public reported quarter sized hail in zearing. larger hail is possible). 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. this severe storm will be near, state center around 215 pm cdt. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/11/2022 1:56 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 11/23/2022 6:32 PM CDT At 155 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of roland, or 13 miles southwest of eldora, moving southeast at 30 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. this severe storm will be near, st. anthony around 205 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include clemons and state center. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/11/2022 1:46 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 11/23/2022 6:32 PM CDT At 146 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles southwest of eldora, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, new providence around 150 pm cdt. mccallsburg around 155 pm cdt. zearing around 200 pm cdt. st. anthony around 205 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include clemons and state center. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/11/2022 5:15 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2022 5:22 AM CDT At 513 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near story city to near nevada to 7 miles southeast of huxley, moving east at 50 mph (broadcast media. at 508 am cdt a local tv station reported large tree branches down in ames, with 58 mph winds at the airport). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, story city, huxley, madrid, ogden, slater, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, woodward, iowa state center, boone speedway, maxwell, colo, cambridge, stratford, zearing and ellsworth. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 88 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/11/2022 4:44 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2022 4:50 AM CDT At 443 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of gowrie to near boone to near woodward, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/14/2022 5:30 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/14/2022 5:34 PM CDT At 530 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of roland to 7 miles west of state center to 8 miles northwest of baxter, moving east at 25 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, rhodes around 540 pm cdt. state center and zearing around 545 pm cdt. st. anthony around 555 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include st. anthony, colo, zearing and rhodes. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/14/2022 5:06 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/14/2022 5:10 PM CDT At 505 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near gilbert to near nevada to 7 miles east of huxley, moving east at 25 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, nevada and maxwell around 510 pm cdt. colo around 530 pm cdt. rhodes around 540 pm cdt. state center, zearing and st. anthony around 545 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include st. anthony, colo, zearing, maxwell and rhodes. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 113 and 116. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/23/2022 7:09 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/23/2022 7:17 PM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for eastern story, northwestern marshall and southwestern hardin counties will expire at 715 pm cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central iowa.
4/23/2022 6:54 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/23/2022 7:03 PM CDT At 653 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roland to 6 miles west of state center to mitchellville, moving northeast at 60 mph (law enforcement). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, state center, colo, hubbard, zearing, collins, mccallsburg, new providence, clemons, st. Anthony and garden city.
4/23/2022 6:47 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/23/2022 7:09 PM CDT At 646 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from roland to near nevada to altoona, moving northeast at 60 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, ames, nevada, story city, state center, roland, gilbert, maxwell, colo, hubbard, cambridge, zearing, collins, mccallsburg, new providence, clemons, st. Anthony and garden city.
4/23/2022 6:31 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/23/2022 6:38 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.
3/5/2022 5:19 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 3/5/2022 5:31 PM CST At 518 pm cst, a severe thunderstorm was located near roland, or near nevada, moving northeast at 55 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.
12/15/2021 6:47 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 12/29/2021 10:18 AM CST At 646 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near aplington to 8 miles southeast of state center, moving east at 55 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, marshalltown around 700 pm cst. 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 6:34 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 12/29/2021 10:20 AM CST At 634 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near alden to near grundy center, moving east at 85 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of story, marshall, hardin, eastern wright, western franklin, northeastern kossuth, hancock, southeastern boone, eastern hamilton and winnebago counties, including the following locations, wesley, steamboat rock, ferguson, forest city municipal airport, radcliffe, bradford, maxwell, cambridge, melbourne and buffalo center. 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 5:52 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 12/29/2021 10:26 AM CST At 552 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near swan lake to near slater, moving northeast at 85 mph. these are destructive storms for portions of central and northern 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. severe thunderstorms will be near, slater and iowa state center around 555 pm cst. ames, nevada and huxley around 600 pm cst. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include state center. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 102 and 178. thunderstorm damage threat, destructive hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 80 mph.
8/31/2021 12:10 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 1/2/2022 6:07 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 11:47 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 1/2/2022 6:09 AM 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 Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 1/2/2022 6:10 AM 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 8:42 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 1/9/2022 10:32 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
7/14/2021 8:23 PM CDT Large tree branches dow in story county IA, 3.7 miles NW of Colo, IA
7/14/2021 7:23 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 1/9/2022 10:55 PM CDT At 722 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or 8 miles south of nevada, 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.
7/14/2021 8:49 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 1/10/2022 2:20 AM CDT At 848 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of iowa falls to 6 miles northeast of baxter, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated. at 841 am emergency management also reported trees down on power lines in nevada). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, eldora around 855 am cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include meskwaki casino, toledo and tama.
8/10/2020 11:44 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/10/2020 11:47 AM CDT At 1143 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles southwest of reinbeck to near brooklyn to 6 miles northwest of oskaloosa, 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, marshalltown, newton, oskaloosa, pella, grinnell, toledo, montezuma, tama, colfax, monroe, traer, prairie city, state center, brooklyn, dysart, new sharon, baxter, iowa speedway, meskwaki casino and rock creek lake. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 154 and 204.
8/10/2020 11:33 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/10/2020 11:37 AM CDT At 1133 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from conrad to near grinnell to pella, 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, marshalltown, newton, altoona, oskaloosa, pella, grinnell, pleasant hill, nevada, toledo, montezuma, carlisle, bondurant, story city, tama, mitchellville, colfax, monroe, traer, prairie city and state center. This includes interstate 80 between mile markers 142 and 204.
8/10/2020 11:19 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/10/2020 11:22 AM CDT At 1118 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles southwest of eldora to near newton to pleasantville, 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.
8/10/2020 11:07 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/10/2020 11:10 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 10:46 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/10/2020 10:49 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 Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/10/2020 10:42 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.
7/11/2020 6:11 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2020 6:14 PM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern story and southwestern marshall counties will expire at 615 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 iowa.
7/11/2020 6:00 PM CDT Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 0.5 miles ESE of Colo, IA, trained spotter reported 1.25 to 1.5 inch hail se of colo.
7/11/2020 5:58 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2020 6:01 PM CDT At 557 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near state center, or 11 miles southwest of marshalltown, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters have reported at least quarter sized hail with the storm in the southwest portion of the warning). 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. Locations impacted include, state center, baxter, colo, melbourne, rhodes and haverhill.
7/11/2020 5:57 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2020 6:00 PM CDT At 556 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of state center, or 8 miles east of nevada, moving southeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters have reported at least quarter sized hail). 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. Locations impacted include, colo, collins and rhodes.
7/11/2020 5:51 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2020 5:54 PM CDT At 551 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving southeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters reported at least quarter sized hail). 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, nevada, colo, collins and rhodes.
7/11/2020 5:44 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2020 5:47 PM CDT At 543 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near state center, or 12 miles east of nevada, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters have reported a history of quarter to golf ball sized 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. Locations impacted include, state center, baxter, colo, melbourne, rhodes and haverhill.
7/11/2020 5:40 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2020 5:43 PM CDT The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. central story county in central iowa. southwestern marshall county in central iowa. until 615 pm cdt. At 540 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada,.
7/11/2020 5:32 PM CDT Quarter sized hail reported 0.9 miles S of Colo, IA, trained spotter reports quarter size hail on us 65 half way between colo and zearing.
7/11/2020 5:29 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2020 5:32 PM CDT At 528 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of roland, or 8 miles northeast of nevada, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters have reported quarter to golf ball sized hail). 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.
7/11/2020 5:12 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2020 5:15 PM CDT At 512 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near roland, or 13 miles north of nevada, moving southeast 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, story city, roland, colo, zearing, mccallsburg, randall, st. anthony and garden city. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 124 and 130.
7/11/2020 5:01 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/11/2020 5:04 PM CDT At 501 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near jewell junction, or 17 miles north of ames, moving southeast 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.
9/14/2019 6:10 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 9/14/2019 6:13 PM CDT At 610 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, nevada, state center, colo, clemons and st. Anthony.
9/14/2019 5:59 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 9/14/2019 6:02 PM CDT At 558 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving east at 45 mph (public reported quarter sized hail in northern ames at 553pm). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
9/9/2019 5:50 PM CDT 10 inch tree limb down on older tree. 3 to 4 inch tree limbs down on newer tree in story county IA, 4.5 miles NNW of Colo, IA
9/9/2019 5:39 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 9/9/2019 5:42 PM CDT At 539 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles south of big wall lake to 8 miles southwest of eldora to state center, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, nevada, iowa falls, eldora, ackley, state center, roland, jewell junction, colo, hubbard, alden, zearing, radcliffe, ellsworth, collins, union, williams, mccallsburg, steamboat rock, liscomb and new providence. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 130 and 148.
9/9/2019 5:20 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 9/9/2019 5:23 PM CDT At 519 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles west of jewell junction to near roland to 10 miles west of baxter, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/15/2019 5:34 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/15/2019 5:37 PM CDT At 534 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles southeast of state center to near baxter to near mitchellville, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, altoona, bondurant, baxter, maxwell, colo, melbourne, collins, rhodes, mingo and valeria. This includes interstate 80 near mile marker 141.
6/15/2019 5:14 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/15/2019 5:17 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 Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/15/2019 5:12 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 Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/15/2019 4:54 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 Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/27/2019 6:53 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 7:41 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/16/2019 7:44 PM CDT At 740 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over state center, or 11 miles west of marshalltown, moving east at 25 mph (trained weather spotters. at 738 pm, a trained spotter reported ping pong size hail in state center). 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, marshalltown, state center, le grand, colo, melbourne, haverhill and ferguson.
5/16/2019 7:21 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/16/2019 7:24 PM CDT At 721 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near state center, or 11 miles east of nevada, moving east at 30 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.
6/30/2018 7:24 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/30/2018 7:27 PM CDT At 724 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near nevada to 8 miles northwest of baxter, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/30/2018 6:57 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/30/2018 7:01 PM CDT At 657 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of state center to 9 miles southeast of nevada, moving northeast 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. locations impacted include, marshalltown, nevada, huxley, state center, maxwell, colo, melbourne, cambridge, elkhart, zearing, albion, collins, alleman, rhodes, liscomb, clemons and st. anthony. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 98 and 102.
6/30/2018 6:47 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/30/2018 6:52 PM CDT At 647 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near nevada to 6 miles southeast of huxley, moving northeast 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.
6/20/2018 6:55 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/20/2018 6:58 PM CDT At 655 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of roland, or 11 miles northeast of nevada, moving north at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, nevada, roland, colo, zearing and mccallsburg.
6/20/2018 6:45 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/20/2018 6:49 PM CDT At 644 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving north at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/6/2018 5:45 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/6/2018 5:50 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 5:28 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/6/2018 5:31 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 5:19 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/6/2018 5:22 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 3:50 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/29/2018 3:56 PM CDT At 350 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving northwest at 15 mph (public reported tree damage in nevada). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, nevada, roland, maxwell and colo.
5/29/2018 3:36 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/29/2018 3:40 PM CDT At 335 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over nevada, moving northwest 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.
5/1/2018 5:54 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/1/2018 5:59 PM CDT At 554 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of state center, or 8 miles east of nevada, moving northeast at 25 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.
5/1/2018 5:40 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/1/2018 5:44 PM CDT At 540 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over nevada, moving northeast at 40 mph (trained weather spotters). 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, ames, nevada, huxley, roland, colo, zearing and mccallsburg. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 121.
5/1/2018 5:29 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/1/2018 5:32 PM CDT At 528 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving northeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters. numerous reports in south ames). 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, ames, nevada, huxley, slater, roland, gilbert, iowa state center, colo, cambridge, zearing, mccallsburg, sheldahl, kelley and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 123.
5/1/2018 5:09 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/1/2018 5:12 PM CDT At 508 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near madrid, or 8 miles southeast of boone, 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.
10/13/2017 10:21 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 10/13/2017 10:26 AM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for east central story and northwestern marshall counties will expire at 1030 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.
10/13/2017 10:10 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 10/13/2017 10:14 AM CDT At 1010 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of nevada, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, state center, colo, clemons and st. Anthony.
10/13/2017 9:59 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 10/13/2017 10:05 AM CDT At 958 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving east 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. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, state center, colo, melbourne, clemons and st. anthony. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 116.
10/13/2017 9:47 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 10/13/2017 9:50 AM CDT At 946 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving east 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.
7/20/2017 10:28 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/20/2017 10:31 PM CDT At 1028 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 miles south of eldora to near state center to near baxter, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, marshalltown, nevada, eldora, state center, conrad, baxter, le grand, maxwell, colo, melbourne, wellsburg, zearing, gilman, albion, collins, union, mccallsburg, rhodes, mingo and liscomb. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 119 and 120.
7/20/2017 10:04 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/20/2017 10:12 PM CDT At 1003 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of roland to 7 miles southeast of nevada to 7 miles north of mitchellville, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated. these storms have a history of producing 60 mph winds and tree damage). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/12/2017 5:35 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/12/2017 5:40 PM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for eastern story and west central marshall counties will expire at 545 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.
7/12/2017 5:20 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/12/2017 5:25 PM CDT At 520 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over nevada, moving northeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/29/2017 4:23 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/29/2017 9:28 PM CDT At 922 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles west of conrad to 6 miles east of nevada, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/28/2017 12:52 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/28/2017 5:56 PM CDT At 552 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of marshalltown, 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.
6/28/2017 12:39 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/28/2017 5:43 PM CDT At 539 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near state center, or 13 miles southwest of marshalltown, moving east 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. locations impacted include, state center, baxter, colo, melbourne, collins and rhodes. A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central iowa.
6/28/2017 12:25 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/28/2017 5:30 PM CDT At 524 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near state center, or 12 miles east of nevada, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. ping pong sized hail was reported at colo at 520 pm. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/28/2017 12:11 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 6/28/2017 5:14 PM CDT At 511 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of nevada, moving east 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.
5/17/2017 5:06 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/17/2017 5:13 PM CDT At 505 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near webster city to 9 miles southwest of eldora to 10 miles northwest of rock creek lake, moving northeast at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. numerous reports of 60 to 70 mph winds have been reported with these storms with trees and powerlines down). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, marshalltown, newton, webster city, nevada, iowa falls, eldora, grundy center, toledo, story city, tama, traer, reinbeck, ackley, state center, dysart, roland, jewell junction, dike, conrad and baxter. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 118 and 150. interstate 80 between mile markers 164 and 165. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central, north central and northeastern iowa.
5/17/2017 4:53 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/17/2017 5:12 PM CDT At 452 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 15 miles north of boone to 6 miles east of roland to newton, moving northeast at 60 mph (trained weather spotters. numerous reports of 60 to 70 mph winds with trees and powerlines downed). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
5/17/2017 4:40 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 2/18/2022 8:46 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 Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 2/18/2022 8:55 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.
5/16/2017 9:58 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/16/2017 10:03 PM CDT At 957 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving east 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. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, story city, state center, roland, gilbert, colo, hubbard, zearing, radcliffe, mccallsburg, randall, clemons, st. anthony, garden city and drake airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 131.
5/16/2017 9:42 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/16/2017 9:47 PM CDT At 942 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over iowa state center, or over ames, moving east at 50 mph (emergency management). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail two miles north of luther at 937 pm. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/16/2017 9:39 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/16/2017 9:44 PM CDT At 938 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near huxley, or near ames, moving east at 60 mph (emergency management). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail at 937 pm two miles north of luther. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, huxley, madrid, slater, iowa state center, big creek lake, maxwell, colo, cambridge, collins, sheldahl, kelley, luther, ledges state park, ames municipal airport and big creek state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 101 and 116.
5/16/2017 9:30 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/16/2017 9:34 PM CDT At 929 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over madrid, or 11 miles south of boone, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
4/19/2017 10:18 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/19/2017 10:24 PM CDT At 1018 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near nevada, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
4/15/2017 6:33 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/15/2017 6:37 PM CDT At 633 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of grundy center to 7 miles west of conrad to near nevada, moving east at 20 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, state center, colo, wellsburg, union, liscomb, whitten, clemons and st. Anthony.
4/15/2017 6:05 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/15/2017 6:08 PM CDT At 605 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near eldora to 14 miles north of state center to near ames, moving east at 25 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, ames, nevada, eldora, state center, iowa state center, colo, hubbard, wellsburg, zearing, union, mccallsburg, steamboat rock, liscomb, new providence, whitten, clemons, st. anthony, garden city, owasa and pine lake state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 117.
4/15/2017 5:49 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 4/15/2017 5:56 PM CDT At 549 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of eldora to 8 miles east of roland to near ames, 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.
3/6/2017 7:07 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 3/6/2017 7:10 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 Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 3/6/2017 7:00 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 Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 3/6/2017 6:35 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.
8/19/2016 7:17 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/19/2016 7:21 PM CDT At 717 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles east of roland to 7 miles east of nevada, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. locations impacted include, nevada, state center, colo, zearing, mccallsburg, clemons and st. Anthony.
8/19/2016 6:49 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/19/2016 6:53 PM CDT At 649 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near roland, or 8 miles northwest of nevada, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated. at 647pm...50 mph winds were reported in story city by the county emergency manager). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
8/11/2016 9:52 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/11/2016 9:57 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 9:27 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/11/2016 9:33 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.
8/4/2016 6:52 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 8/4/2016 6:57 PM CDT At 652 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near conrad to 10 miles west of baxter, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
7/6/2016 12:31 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/6/2016 12:35 AM CDT At 1230 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from webster city to madrid, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, webster city, perry, nevada, iowa falls, story city, huxley, madrid, slater, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, woodward, iowa state center, boone speedway, maxwell, colo, hubbard and cambridge.
7/6/2016 12:14 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 7/6/2016 12:17 AM CDT At 1213 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of fort dodge to near perry, moving east at 50 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.
5/26/2016 3:36 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 5/26/2016 3:39 AM CDT At 336 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of state center, or 10 miles east of nevada, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
11/11/2015 4:19 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 11/11/2015 4:22 PM CST At 419 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles southwest of big wall lake to 11 miles east of roland to 8 miles south of marshalltown, moving northeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. locations impacted include, newton, webster city, iowa falls, state center, roland, jewell junction, baxter, colo, hubbard, melbourne, alden, kellogg, zearing, radcliffe, ellsworth, williams, mccallsburg, rhodes, new providence and blairsburg. this includes the following highways, interstate 35 between mile markers 132 and 150. interstate 80 between mile markers 168 and 174. A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 pm cst for central iowa.
11/11/2015 3:52 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Colo, IA at 11/11/2015 3:55 PM CST At 351 pm cst, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles south of webster city to 5 miles south of nevada to 5 miles west of newton, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. Siding and trees.
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