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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2026, 3:43 AM CDT for Adams County, Taylor County, Iowa. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 5, 2026, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2026, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 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 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 5, 2:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 2:14 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Wapello | 14 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 7:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Decatur | 25 hr |
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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.