Alert archive / Iowa / Freeze Warnings in 2026
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this freeze warning at May 1, 2026, 1:19 PM CDT for 22 counties in Iowa. It took effect at May 2, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2026, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 22 counties
Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:34 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
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.