Hail Map for Story City, IA

The Story City, IA area has had 13 reports of on-the-ground hail by trained spotters, and has been under severe weather warnings 13 times during the past 12 months. Doppler radar has detected hail at or near Story City, IA on 49 occasions, including 2 occasions during the past year.

Name: Story City, IA
Where Located: 41.1 miles N of Des Moines, IA
Map: Google Map for Story City, IA
Population: 3431
Housing Units: 1586
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Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near Story City, IA

Date / Time Report Details
4/16/2024 12:45 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 4/16/2024 12:47 PM CDT the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect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Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 4/16/2024 12:37 PM CDT the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect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 12:19 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 12:04 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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
10/13/2023 3:33 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 10/13/2023 3:39 PM CDT At 333 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over gilbert, or near ames, moving north at 20 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, story city and gilbert around 340 pm cdt.
10/13/2023 3:25 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 10/13/2023 3:29 PM CDT At 324 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over ames, moving north at 15 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, ames and gilbert around 330 pm cdt. Story city around 350 pm cdt.
6/24/2023 1:25 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/24/2023 1:29 PM CDT At 124 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dayton, or 15 miles northwest of boone, 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. this severe storm will be near, stratford around 135 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include stanhope, webster city municipal airport, webster city, jewell junction and kamrar. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 125 and 128. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
6/24/2023 1:15 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/24/2023 1:20 PM CDT At 114 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over boxholm, or 14 miles northwest of boone, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, stratford around 130 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include stanhope, jewell junction, kamrar and randall. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 125 and 128. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/7/2023 3:07 PM CDT Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA
5/7/2023 3:06 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Quarter sized hail reported 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA, story county law enforcement reports nickel to quarter sized hail falling.
5/7/2023 2:56 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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.
3/31/2023 3:01 PM CDT Quarter sized hail reported 1.1 miles NNE of Story City, IA
7/23/2022 10:35 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 11/29/2022 8:49 AM CDT At 1035 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over roland, or 11 miles northeast of ames, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, story city, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, dayton, stratford, ellsworth, stanhope, pilot mound, randall and fraser. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/23/2022 10:23 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 11/29/2022 9:04 AM CDT At 1023 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest of jewell junction, or 12 miles north of boone, moving east 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, story city, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, dayton, stratford, ellsworth, stanhope, pilot mound, randall and fraser. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 0. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/23/2022 10:07 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 11/29/2022 9:26 AM CDT At 1007 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles north of ogden, or 14 miles northwest of boone, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
7/11/2022 5:15 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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
6/14/2022 11:21 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/14/2022 11:29 PM CDT At 1121 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or near ames, 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. this severe thunderstorm will be near, roland around 1130 pm cdt. mccallsburg around 1135 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include zearing, radcliffe, garden city, drake airport, hubbard and new providence. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 111 and 128. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
4/23/2022 6:53 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 4/23/2022 7:08 PM CDT The tornado warning for northern story county will expire at 700 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central iowa.
4/23/2022 6:49 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 4/23/2022 7:09 PM CDT At 648 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near nevada, 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, story city and roland.
4/23/2022 6:47 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 6:43 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 4/23/2022 6:50 PM CDT At 643 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over ames, moving northeast 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, ames, nevada, story city, roland, gilbert, iowa state center and ames municipal airport.
4/23/2022 6:34 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 4/23/2022 6:42 PM CDT At 634 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near iowa state center, or near ames, moving northeast 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. this dangerous storm will be near, ames, nevada and gilbert around 645 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include story city and roland. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 103 and 124.
4/23/2022 6:31 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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.
12/15/2021 6:34 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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.
8/24/2021 4:05 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 12/28/2021 5:41 AM CDT At 405 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near eldora, 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, iowa falls, eldora, story city, ackley, roland, hubbard, zearing, union, mccallsburg, steamboat rock, liscomb, new providence, whitten, clemons, st. anthony, garden city, owasa, pine lake state park, iowa falls municipal airport and eldora municipal airport. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/24/2021 3:45 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 12/28/2021 5:36 AM CDT At 344 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of eldora, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated. spotters reported nickel size hail in story city). 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, iowa falls, eldora, story city, ackley, roland, hubbard, alden, zearing, radcliffe, ellsworth, union, williams, mccallsburg, steamboat rock, liscomb, new providence, randall, whitten, clemons and buckeye. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/24/2021 3:36 PM CDT Delayed report. time estimated via radar. large tree limbs broken and heavy wooden pen shifte in story county IA, 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA
8/24/2021 3:28 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 12/28/2021 5:32 AM CDT At 328 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of jewell junction, or 15 miles southwest of iowa falls, 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.
7/14/2021 5:00 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 1/10/2022 12:41 AM CDT At 459 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over story city, or 13 miles north of ames, 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern story, southwestern hardin and southeastern hamilton counties, including the following locations, zearing, radcliffe, garden city, hubbard, mccallsburg, drake airport and randall. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 122 and 130.
7/14/2021 4:25 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 1/10/2022 12:59 AM CDT At 425 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located near jewell junction, or 11 miles southeast of webster city, moving east at 30 mph (weather spotters 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. Locations impacted include, story city, jewell junction, ellsworth, stanhope and randall.
7/14/2021 4:10 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 1/10/2022 1:18 AM CDT At 409 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located 12 miles south of webster city, moving east at 25 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado. trained spotters reported a tornado near stratford at 409pm). 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. Locations impacted include, story city, jewell junction, stratford, ellsworth, stanhope and randall.
7/14/2021 4:04 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 1/10/2022 1:20 AM CDT At 404 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 14 miles west of jewell junction, or 14 miles south of webster city, moving east 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.
8/10/2020 11:33 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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 Story City, 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 Story City, 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 Story City, 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.
7/14/2020 6:36 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/14/2020 6:39 PM CDT At 635 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or 9 miles north of ames, moving east at 20 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, ames, story city, gilbert and randall.
7/14/2020 6:21 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/14/2020 6:24 PM CDT At 620 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of boone, moving east at 20 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, ames, story city, gilbert and randall.
7/14/2020 6:10 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/14/2020 6:13 PM CDT At 609 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone, 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.
7/11/2020 5:12 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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.
7/11/2020 3:52 PM CDT Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA, law enforcement reported quarter to ping pong ball sized hail in story city. hail lasted 1 - 2 minutes.
7/11/2020 3:40 PM CDT Quarter sized hail reported 6.1 miles E of Story City, IA, trained spotter reported 1 inch hail at the intersection of e18 and r38 northwest of gilbert.
7/11/2020 3:26 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/11/2020 3:29 PM CDT At 325 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or 11 miles northeast of boone, 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, story city, gilbert, stanhope and randall. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 123 and 128.
7/11/2020 3:11 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/11/2020 3:14 PM CDT At 311 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of jewell junction, or 13 miles south of webster city, 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, story city, gilbert, stratford, stanhope, randall and brushy creek st recreation area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 123 and 129.
7/11/2020 2:56 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/11/2020 2:59 PM CDT At 256 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest of webster city, moving southeast 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.
9/9/2019 5:20 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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
7/17/2019 10:16 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/17/2019 10:19 AM CDT At 1015 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near eagle grove to near webster city to 11 miles east of gowrie, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated, and automated weather stations). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
8/28/2018 1:38 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 8/28/2018 1:41 PM CDT At 138 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near webster city to 8 miles north of ogden, 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.
8/28/2018 12:06 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 8/28/2018 12:09 PM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern story, eastern boone and south central hamilton counties will expire at 1215 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.
8/28/2018 11:44 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 8/28/2018 11:47 AM CDT A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 1215 pm cdt for northwestern story. eastern boone and south central hamilton counties. at 1143 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone speedway, or near boone, moving northeast at 45 mph. hazard. Quarter size hail.
8/28/2018 11:34 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 8/28/2018 11:37 AM CDT At 1134 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or near perry, moving northeast at 50 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.
8/1/2018 7:17 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 8/1/2018 7:20 PM CDT At 717 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near jewell junction, or 15 miles north of 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. locations impacted include, ames, story city, jewell junction, gilbert, ellsworth, stanhope and randall. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 124 and 133.
8/1/2018 6:53 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 8/1/2018 6:58 PM CDT At 652 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of jewell junction, or 9 miles south of webster city, 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 5:33 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/6/2018 5:37 PM CDT At 533 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near jewell junction, or 18 miles southeast of webster city, moving east at 15 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, story city and roland. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 120 and 126.
6/6/2018 5:09 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/6/2018 5:13 PM CDT At 508 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near iowa state center, or near ames, moving east at 20 mph. a second severe storm was located near berkley moving east 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. locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, story city, madrid, ogden, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, kelley, luther, berkley, boone municipal airport, ledges state park and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 121.
6/6/2018 5:00 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/6/2018 5:04 PM CDT At 500 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boone speedway, or near boone, moving east at 20 mph. a second severe storm was located near berkley moving east at 15 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, boone, nevada, story city, madrid, ogden, slater, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, grand junction, kelley, rippey, pilot mound, luther, fraser, beaver, berkley, boone municipal airport and ledges state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 121.
6/6/2018 5:00 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/6/2018 5:04 PM CDT At 457 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near jewell junction, or 9 miles southeast of webster city, moving east at 15 mph. this thunderstorm warning replaces the previous warning for much of the same area (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 4:44 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/6/2018 4:48 PM CDT At 443 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near roland, or 16 miles north of nevada, moving east at 15 mph (trained weather spotters reported golf ball sized hail at 438 pm 3 miles east of stanhope). 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, webster city, story city, roland, jewell junction, stratford, ellsworth, stanhope, williams, blairsburg, kamrar, randall and webster city municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 119 and 145.
6/6/2018 4:40 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/6/2018 4:45 PM CDT At 439 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near ogden, or near boone, moving northeast at 25 mph. there are a cluster of storms across the warning area that all may be severe moving northeast 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 4:29 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/6/2018 4:33 PM CDT At 428 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near jewell junction, or 16 miles north of ames, moving east at 15 mph (trained weather spotters reported ping-pong sized hail just east of stanhope at 427 pm cdt). 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, webster city, story city, roland, jewell junction, stratford, ellsworth, stanhope, williams, blairsburg, kamrar, randall and webster city municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 119 and 145.
6/6/2018 4:27 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/6/2018 4:30 PM CDT At 427 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near jewell junction, or 16 miles north of ames, moving east at 15 mph (trained weather spotters reported quarter sized hail in stanhope at 4:35 pm cdt). 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, webster city, story city, roland, jewell junction, stratford, ellsworth, stanhope, williams, blairsburg, kamrar, randall and webster city municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 119 and 145.
6/6/2018 4:15 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/6/2018 4:21 PM CDT At 415 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over jewell junction, or 16 miles southeast of webster city, moving east 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.
5/29/2018 3:59 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 5/29/2018 4:02 PM CDT At 359 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over nevada, moving northwest at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/25/2018 6:20 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 5/25/2018 6:23 PM CDT At 619 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ames, moving southeast at 10 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. locations impacted include, ames, story city, gilbert, iowa state center and ames municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 108 and 125.
5/25/2018 5:48 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 5/25/2018 5:51 PM CDT At 548 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over gilbert, or near ames, moving southeast at 10 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 4:51 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 5/1/2018 4:56 PM CDT At 450 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near woodward, or 9 miles northeast of perry, moving northeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters reported golfball sized hail in woodward at 448 pm). 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, boone, perry, story city, madrid, ogden, roland, gilbert, woodward, boone speedway, minburn, bouton, luther, fraser, perry municipal airport, boone municipal airport and ledges state park. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 121 and 126.
5/1/2018 4:35 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 5/1/2018 4:40 PM CDT At 435 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near perry, 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.
4/13/2018 7:40 PM CDT Roof damag in story county IA, 0.8 miles WSW of Story City, IA
4/13/2018 7:40 PM CDT Semi blown over along i-35 at mile marker 11 in story county IA, 4.2 miles NNW of Story City, IA
4/13/2018 7:33 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 4/13/2018 7:38 PM CDT At 733 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near jewell junction to story city to near nevada, 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, ames, nevada, story city, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, hubbard, zearing, radcliffe, ellsworth, stanhope, union, mccallsburg, kelley, new providence, randall, whitten, buckeye and st. anthony. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 109 and 140.
4/13/2018 7:30 PM CDT Be advised that 130th street from hwy 69 to 550th street is blocked due to power poles and lines down. please stay out of the area as there is a risk of more power pole in story county IA, 1.3 miles NE of Story City, IA
4/13/2018 7:23 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 4/13/2018 7:29 PM CDT At 723 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gilbert, or near ames, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/29/2017 4:24 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/29/2017 9:28 PM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern story, hardin, northwestern marshall, western grundy and southeastern hamilton counties will expire at 930 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.
6/29/2017 4:06 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/29/2017 9:09 PM CDT At 906 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near iowa falls to 11 miles southwest of eldora to near roland, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, iowa falls, eldora, story city, ackley, roland, hubbard, zearing, radcliffe, union, mccallsburg, steamboat rock, new providence, whitten, buckeye, st. anthony, garden city, owasa, pine lake state park, iowa falls municipal airport and eldora municipal airport. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 121 and 128.
6/29/2017 3:54 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 6/29/2017 8:56 PM CDT At 854 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of iowa falls to 13 miles northeast of story city to 6 miles southwest of jewell junction, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
5/17/2017 5:20 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 5/17/2017 5:23 PM CDT At 518 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near big wall lake to 6 miles northwest of conrad to near meskwaki casino, moving northeast at 55 mph (trained weather spotters. at 512pm...69 mph winds were reported at the marshalltown airport. numerous trees were also reported down with some structural damage). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. locations impacted include, marshalltown, webster city, iowa falls, eldora, grundy center, toledo, story city, tama, traer, reinbeck, ackley, state center, dysart, roland, jewell junction, dike, conrad, meskwaki casino, gladbrook and le grand. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 125 and 150. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central, north central and northeastern iowa.
5/17/2017 5:06 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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 Story City, 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 Story City, 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.
5/17/2017 3:52 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 2/18/2022 9:06 PM CDT At 351 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near roland, or 7 miles northeast of ames, moving north 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. locations impacted include, ames, nevada, story city, roland, gilbert, iowa state center and ames municipal airport. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 110 and 125. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/17/2017 3:45 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 2/18/2022 9:11 PM CDT At 344 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over ames, moving north 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, roland, gilbert, iowa state center, kelley and ames municipal airport. this includes interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 126. A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 pm cdt for central iowa.
5/17/2017 3:28 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 2/18/2022 9:16 PM CDT At 327 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over slater, or 10 miles northwest of ankeny, moving north 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.
5/16/2017 9:58 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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
3/6/2017 6:55 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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.
9/9/2016 3:06 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 9/9/2016 3:11 PM CDT At 306 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near jewell junction to near story city to near gilbert, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. locations impacted include, story city, jewell junction, gilbert, ellsworth, stanhope, kamrar and randall. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 118 and 140.
9/9/2016 2:49 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 9/9/2016 2:55 PM CDT At 248 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles southwest of webster city to near boone, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. these severe storms will be near, jewell junction around 305 pm cdt. ames, story city and gilbert around 310 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include ellsworth, randall, kamrar, pilot mound, stanhope, dayton, fraser, stratford, boxholm and brushy creek st recreation area. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 116 and 140.
9/9/2016 2:33 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 9/9/2016 2:37 PM CDT At 233 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near gowrie, or 16 miles northeast of jefferson, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
8/19/2016 6:49 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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.
7/17/2016 4:03 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/17/2016 4:06 AM CDT At 402 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near parkersburg to 8 miles west of grundy center to near iowa state center, moving east at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, iowa falls, eldora, story city, huxley, ogden, ackley, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, hubbard, zearing, radcliffe, ellsworth, union and mccallsburg.
7/17/2016 3:49 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/17/2016 3:54 AM CDT At 349 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles north of ackley to 6 miles northwest of eldora to near ogden, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, iowa falls, hampton, eldora, story city, huxley, ogden, ackley, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, hubbard, dayton, grand junction, alden and stratford.
7/17/2016 3:20 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/17/2016 3:23 AM CDT At 320 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles east of belmond to near big wall lake to 9 miles southwest of gowrie, moving east at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. And trees.
7/6/2016 12:50 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/6/2016 12:54 AM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for story, southwestern hardin, southern hamilton and eastern boone counties will expire at 100 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and have exited the warned area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 am cdt for central iowa.
7/6/2016 12:46 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 7/6/2016 12:49 AM CDT At 1245 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of jewell junction to near huxley, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. Locations impacted include, ames, boone, nevada, story city, roland, jewell junction, gilbert, iowa state center, boone speedway, hubbard, radcliffe, ellsworth, stanhope, mccallsburg, kelley, randall, luther, garden city, ledges state park and boone municipal airport.
7/6/2016 12:45 AM CDT A few 3-4 inch tree branches down. relayed from law enforcemen in story county IA, 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA
7/6/2016 12:31 AM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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 Story City, 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.
5/30/2016 4:49 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 5/30/2016 4:55 PM CDT At 449 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near story city, or 13 miles north of ames, moving north at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, story city and randall. This includes interstate 35 between mile markers 123 and 129.
5/30/2016 4:34 PM CDT Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 5/30/2016 4:39 PM CDT At 434 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near story city, or 9 miles north of ames, moving north at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
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 3:52 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, 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.
11/11/2015 3:07 PM CST Radar Image for Severe Thunderstorms near Story City, IA at 11/11/2015 3:10 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.
4/8/2015 10:21 PM CDT The national weather service in des moines has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. northwestern story county in central iowa. until 1045 pm cdt * at 1021 pm cdt. a severe thunderstorm was located near iowa state center. or near ames. Moving northeast at 30 mph.
6/30/2014 12:54 PM CDT Trees snapped off at bases and large limbs across us 69 highway. spotternetwork.org via nwscha in hamilton county IA, 2.6 miles SE of Story City, IA
6/30/2014 12:44 PM CDT 65 to 75 mph estimated gust from the spotternetwork.org in story county IA, 2.1 miles ENE of Story City, IA
4/12/2014 8:45 PM CDT Half Dollar sized hail reported 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA
4/12/2014 8:15 PM CDT Quarter sized hail reported 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA, quarter size hail falling within story city.
4/12/2014 8:01 PM CDT Golf Ball sized hail reported 1.1 miles NNE of Story City, IA, ping pong ball to golf ball size hail reported by public
4/12/2014 7:50 PM CDT Half Dollar sized hail reported 7.5 miles E of Story City, IA
4/12/2014 7:48 PM CDT Half Dollar sized hail reported 1.1 miles SSE of Story City, IA, report of quarter to half dollar size hail via social media
4/12/2014 7:45 PM CDT Quarter sized hail reported 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA
4/12/2014 7:30 PM CDT Half Dollar sized hail reported 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA, report via social media
7/22/2013 7:35 PM CDT Report via nwschat in story county IA, 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA
6/24/2013 12:29 PM CDT Damage to a house in story city. the sunroom blew off and over the house and landed in a yard across the street. report via nwscha in story county IA, 0.4 miles SSW of Story City, IA
7/25/2012 9:07 PM CDT Quarter sized hail reported 3.2 miles NNE of Story City, IA
7/25/2012 8:57 PM CDT Storm damage reported in story county IA, 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA
7/25/2012 8:31 PM CDT Two to three inch diameter trees down in story county IA, 0.5 miles SE of Story City, IA
1/1/0001 12:00 AM 3 inch diameter tree branches dow in story county IA, 6 miles E of Story City, IA