NWS Des Moines IASV.W 0243June 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cerro Gordo and Worth, IA
The National Weather Service office in Des Moines issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cerro Gordo and Worth in Iowa, which was in force until 9:15 a.m. local time on June 28. It was the 243rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Des Moines issued in 2026. Iowa had 154 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 172 in an average June of 2008-2025 (Iowa's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 39 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Des Moines IA
- Area
- Cerro Gordo and Worth
- State
- Iowa
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:36 a.m. CDT, June 28, 2026
- Expires
- 9:15 a.m. CDT, June 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KDMX SV.W 0243
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa since 2008Every warning type in Iowa
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The notice as issued
SVRDMX The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Worth County in north central Iowa... Cerro Gordo County in north central Iowa... * Until 915 AM CDT. * At 835 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clear Lake State Park, or 9 miles southwest of Mason City, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Ground based weather observations. At 817 AM, a 58 mph wind gust was reported 6 miles east of Britt. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Mason City and Burchinal around 840 AM CDT. Portland around 850 AM CDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Meservey, Thornton, Clear Lake State Park, Portland, McIntosh Woods State Park, Plymouth, Dougherty, Rock Falls, Ventura, and Fertile. This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 178 and 203.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa since 2008563 a year
- Every warning type in Iowa
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, June 20265,183 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels