Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:45PM ![](/static/Citizen-24_02_1/img/public/msg_expiration.png)
The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Polk County in central Iowa... Southwestern Story County in central Iowa... Northeastern Madison County in south central Iowa... Southeastern Boone County in central Iowa... Dallas County in central Iowa... Northwestern Warren County in south central Iowa...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 607 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Perry to near Adel to near Van Meter, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Law enforcement. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Des Moines, Ames, West Des Moines, Ankeny, Urbandale, Johnston, Clive, Altoona, Waukee, Boone, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Grimes, Perry, Winterset, Adel, Windsor Heights, Bondurant, Polk City and Huxley. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 64 and 72, and between mile markers 87 and 109. Interstate 80 between mile markers 110 and 145. Interstate 235 between mile markers 1 and 14.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BOONE, IA ... DALLAS, IA ... MADISON, IA ... POLK, IA ... STORY, IA ... WARREN, IA
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
City of Waukee
230 W. Hickman Rd
Waukee, IA 50263
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 515-978-7979
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning