| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Polk, IA; Story, IA |
| Effective | 7/2/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/2/2026, 10:30:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 2 at 10:00PM CDT until July 2 at 10:30PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Details
SVRDMX
The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Polk County in central Iowa…
Southwestern Story County in central Iowa…
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 1000 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Elkhart, or
8 miles northeast of Ankeny, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Ankeny, Huxley, Slater, Maxwell, Cambridge, Elkhart, and Alleman.
This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 95 and 106.
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.
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