049  
WWUS63 KDMX 012352  
WCNDMX  
 
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 434  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
652 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2026  
 
IAC025-033-047-063-081-091-109-147-151-161-187-189-195-197-020600-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.A.0434.260701T2352Z-260702T0600Z/  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH  
434 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS  
 
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES  
 
IN CENTRAL IOWA  
 
WEBSTER  
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA  
 
CERRO GORDO HANCOCK HUMBOLDT  
KOSSUTH WINNEBAGO WORTH  
WRIGHT  
 
IN NORTHWEST IOWA  
 
EMMET PALO ALTO POCAHONTAS  
 
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA  
 
CALHOUN CRAWFORD SAC  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGONA, BELMOND, BRITT, CLARION,  
CLEAR LAKE, DENISON, EAGLE GROVE, EARLY, EMMETSBURG, ESTHERVILLE,  
FONDA, FOREST CITY, FORT DODGE, GARNER, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT,  
KANAWHA, LAKE CITY, LAKE MILLS, LAKE VIEW, LAURENS, MANLY,  
MANSON, MASON CITY, NORTHWOOD, ODEBOLT, POCAHONTAS, POMEROY,  
ROCKWELL CITY, ROLFE, SAC CITY, SCHALLER, AND WALL LAKE.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
 
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS  
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE.  
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND 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 : 60%  
PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 40%  
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 40%  
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 35  
 

 
 
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