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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2025, 10:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2025, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2025, 10:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 11, 6:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 6:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 2:31 AM CDT, 19 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Des Moines IA Issued by National Weather Service Duluth MN 231 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-120745- Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo- Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun- Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk-Crawford-Carroll-Greene- Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper- Poweshiek-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Marion-Mahaska-Adams-Union- Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Wapello-Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne- Appanoose-Davis- 231 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Flood Watch for Flash Flooding between US Highways 34 and 20 through 7AM CDT this morning. Widespread rainfall totals between 2 and 3 inches with locally higher amounts. Flood Watch for Flash Flooding for the remainder of the day Friday from the Waterloo through Corydon areas and points east for another round of heavy rainfall this afternoon and evening. Scattered Severe Thunderstorms this afternoon and evening across portions of central Iowa (risk level 2 out of 5). Damaging winds and a tornado or two are the primary threats in addition to heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Scattered thunderstorms Saturday. Severe weather is not expected. Thunderstorms return to the forecast Tuesday and Wednesday across central Iowa. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters may be needed today. Rainfall reports are also appreciated.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 9:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 12 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.