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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2026, 8:36 AM CDT for Cerro Gordo County, Worth County, Iowa. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 28, 2026, 8:36 AM CDT (13:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2026, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cerro Gordo County, IA, Worth County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth and 1 more | 48 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.