NWS Des Moines IASV.W 0244June 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto, IA
The National Weather Service office in Des Moines issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto in Iowa, which was in force until 3:30 a.m. local time on June 30. It was the 244th 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 50 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
- Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto
- State
- Iowa
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:40 a.m. CDT, June 30, 2026
- Expires
- 3:30 a.m. CDT, June 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KDMX SV.W 0244
- 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... Emmet County in northwestern Iowa... Northern Kossuth County in north central Iowa... Northern Palo Alto County in northwestern Iowa... * Until 330 AM CDT. * At 237 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Terril, or 6 miles southeast of Spirit Lake, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Public. This storm is producing wind gusts of 65 to 70 mph upstream. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Estherville, Swan Lake, Ingham Lake, High Lake, Lost Island Lake, Okamanpedan Lake, Iowa Lake, Five Island Lake, Armstrong, Graettinger, Ruthven, Bancroft, Swea City, Ringsted, Fenton, Lakota, Wallingford, Ledyard, Gruver, and Dolliver.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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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