938  
WWUS63 KDMX 030442  
WCNDMX  
 
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 444  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1142 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026  
 
IAC009-025-027-047-073-077-151-161-031100-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.A.0444.260703T0442Z-260703T1100Z/  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH  
444 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS  
 
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES  
 
IN NORTHWEST IOWA  
 
POCAHONTAS  
 
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA  
 
AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL  
CRAWFORD GREENE GUTHRIE  
SAC  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, BAYARD, CARROLL, CASEY,  
DENISON, EARLY, EXIRA, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, GUTHRIE CENTER,  
JEFFERSON, LAKE CITY, LAKE VIEW, LAURENS, MANSON, ODEBOLT,  
PANORA, POCAHONTAS, POMEROY, ROCKWELL CITY, ROLFE, SAC CITY,  
SCHALLER, AND WALL LAKE.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
 
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.  
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE.  
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE.  
 
PROBABILITY TABLE:  
PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 20%  
PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : 05%  
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 50%  
PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 10%  
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 30%  
PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 30%  
PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 80%  
MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : E 25  
 
 
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