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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2026, 6:06 PM CDT for Davis County, Wapello 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
- Mar 10, 2026, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Davis County, IA, Wapello County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 332 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 10, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 4:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Des Moines IA 402 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-112115- 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- 402 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight Severe thunderstorms remain possible in far southeast Iowa this afternoon into early evening. Large hail, damaging winds, and a tornado are all conditionally possible. Additional storms may develop or persist south overnight. Hail is the primary threat. Light rain changes to light snow over far northern to northwestern Iowa overnight. Visibility reductions during snowfall may occur as well as a few slick spots may develop into the Wednesday morning commute. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Elevated fire weather conditions are expected on Wednesday and again Thursday. Chances for snow return to the forecast this weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed tonight in southeast Iowa.
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.