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These puffy clouds often happen during strong storms.

In 2020, the NWS in Des Moines issued 17 Severe T-storm Warnings in Black Hawk County.

The winds on Tuesday were strong enough to knock over this internet tower on Highway 151 between Monticello and Cascade.

Beginning Monday, August 2, the National Weather Service will be adding a “damage threat” tag to Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: “Destructive Damage Threat” --- “Considerable Damage Threat” --- “Base” The criteria for a DESTRUCTIVE DAMAGE THREAT is at least 2.75” diameter (baseball-sized) hail and/or 80 mph thu...

Iowa has seen some tragic tornadoes over the years, but one in particular is remembered as infamous. It was an F5 twister that destroyed nearly everything in an Iowa town.

After a relatively slow start to the spring storm season, multiple tornadoes were reported across many parts of Iowa Sunday afternoon and evening. Here's video of a twister that struck Pella, Iowa including some of the damage it caused.

The National Weather Service in Des Moines says that very active weather is expected late tonight into Thursday morning. Storms will race into western Iowa early Thursday morning and speed across the state. The storms are likely to bring locally heavy rainfall, frequent lightning and potentially damaging wind gusts...

The afternoon of May 25, 2008 many Iowa residents noticed the sky had turned an eerie shade of green. That was the first sign that something bad was potentially imminent. By the time the day was over, a 43-mile path of destruction would be all that was left after a F5 tornado destroyed many communities in central and eastern Iowa.

There's a chance that portions of Iowa may be hit with some severe weather this afternoon. Thunderstorm activity this far in 2021 has also been EXTREMELY quiet. So far this year only three T-storm warnings have been issued from the Des Moines office of the National Weather Service. That’s t...