⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Emmet; Kossuth; Winnebago; Palo Alto; Hancock; Pocahontas; Humboldt – Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 4 at 3:40AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA

Details

At 338 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 4 miles northeast of Swan Lake to Emmetsburg to
near Laurens. Movement was east at 55 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph. The Spencer Airport recorded a
wind gust of 48 mph at 308 AM and the Estherville Airport
recorded a wind gust of 39 mph at 330 AM.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Algona, Emmetsburg, Laurens, Swan Lake, Five Island Lake, Ingham
Lake, Iowa Lake, Union Slogh, High Lake, Okamanpedan Lake, Armstrong,
Buffalo Center, Graettinger, West Bend, Bancroft, Rolfe, Swea City,
Burt, Whittemore, and Titonka.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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