⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Audubon, IA; Boone, IA; Bremer, IA; Butler, IA; Calhoun, IA; Carroll, IA; Cass, IA; Cerro Gordo, IA; Crawford, IA; Dallas, IA; Franklin, IA; Greene, IA; Grundy, IA; Guthrie, IA; Hamilton, IA; Hancock, IA; Hardin, IA; Humboldt, IA; Kossuth, IA; Palo Alto, IA; Pocahontas, IA; Sac, IA; Story, IA; Webster, IA; Winnebago, IA; Worth, IA; Wright, IA – Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 8 at 5:22PM CDT until July 9 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
473 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL IOWA

BOONE DALLAS GRUNDY
HAMILTON HARDIN STORY
WEBSTER

IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

BUTLER CERRO GORDO FRANKLIN
HANCOCK HUMBOLDT KOSSUTH
WINNEBAGO WORTH WRIGHT

IN NORTHEAST IOWA

BREMER

IN NORTHWEST IOWA

PALO ALTO POCAHONTAS

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

CASS

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL
CRAWFORD GREENE GUTHRIE
SAC

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ADEL, ALGONA, ALLISON, AMES,
APLINGTON, ATLANTIC, AUDUBON, BAYARD, BELMOND, BOONE, BRITT,
CARROLL, CASEY, CLARION, CLARKSVILLE, CLEAR LAKE, CONRAD,
DENISON, DIKE, DUMONT, EAGLE GROVE, EARLY, ELDORA, EMMETSBURG,
EXIRA, FONDA, FOREST CITY, FORT DODGE, GARNER, GILMORE CITY,
GREENE, GRUNDY CENTER, GUTHRIE CENTER, HAMPTON, HUMBOLDT,
IOWA FALLS, JEFFERSON, KANAWHA, LAKE CITY, LAKE MILLS, LAKE VIEW,
LAURENS, MANLY, MANSON, MASON CITY, NORTHWOOD, ODEBOLT, PANORA,
PARKERSBURG, PERRY, POCAHONTAS, POMEROY, REINBECK, ROCKWELL CITY,
ROLFE, SAC CITY, SCHALLER, SHELL ROCK, WALL LAKE, WAUKEE,
WAVERLY, WEBSTER CITY, AND WELLSBURG.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…

SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE.

PROBABILITY TABLE:
PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 10%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : <02%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 50%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 20%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 20%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 10%
PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 70%
MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : SE 25

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