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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2026, 4:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 57 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
- Apr 23, 2026, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2026, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Sac County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Webster | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Greene, Guthrie | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Humboldt, Pocahontas and 1 more | 69 min |
| Apr 23, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Greene, Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Boone, Cass, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie and 1 more | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Story, Webster | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.