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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2026, 6:02 PM CDT for Adams County, Taylor County, Iowa. It was in force for 43 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
- May 16, 2026, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adams County, IA, Taylor County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Pocahontas | 32 min |
| May 15, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Wright | 57 min |
| May 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Worth | 67 min |
| May 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Madison, Ringgold and 1 more | 63 min |
| May 15, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Winnebago | 59 min |
| May 15, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster | 19 min |
| May 15, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 24 min |
| May 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth, Pocahontas | 68 min |
| May 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 23 min |
| May 15, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 47 min |
| May 15, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Warren and 1 more | 39 min |
| May 15, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Wright | 66 min |
| May 15, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago | 41 min |
| May 15, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 49 min |
| May 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 18 min |
| May 15, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 26 min |
| May 15, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 22 min |
| May 15, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler | 46 min |
| May 15, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin | 31 min |
| May 16, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 26 min |
| May 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 27 min |
| May 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 30 min |
| May 16, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 31 min |
| May 16, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 21 min |
| May 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 41 min |
| May 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Taylor | 13 min |
| May 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 41 min |
| May 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 48 min |
| May 16, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 26 min |
| May 16, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 59 min |
| May 16, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 23 min |
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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.