⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Franklin, IA; Hamilton, IA; Humboldt, IA; Webster, IA; Wright, IA – Sunday, August 9, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 9 at 8:20AM CDT until August 9 at 9:15AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA

Details

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The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Webster County in central Iowa…
Wright County in north central Iowa…
Franklin County in north central Iowa…
Southeastern Humboldt County in north central Iowa…
Northwestern Hamilton County in central Iowa…

* Until 915 AM CDT.

* At 820 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Belmond Municipal Airport to Clarion Municipal
Airport to near Thor, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Hampton, Clarion, Eagle Grove, Belmond, Big Wall Lake, Elm Lake,
Goldfield, Dows, Latimer, Coulter, Thor, Alexander, Vincent,
Woolstock, Geneva, Rowan, Bradford, Hansell, Chapin, and Popejoy.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 149 and 175.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.