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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
746 AM CDT THU AUG 13 2026  
 
IAZ004>007-015>017-092>096-141300-  
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-  
TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-  
746 AM CDT THU AUG 13 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT  
 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL SCATTERED  
SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED TO LINGER OR REDEVELOP IN PORTIONS OF  
AT LEAST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS  
THEN A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY  
MORNING. SEVERE STORMS AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY  
 
ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.  
SEVERE WEATHER AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES  
THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  
SEVERE WEATHER AND RAINFALL REPORTS ARE ALSO APPRECIATED.  
 

 
 
IAZ023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-097-141300-  
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-  
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-  
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-  
POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-  
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DAVIS-  
746 AM CDT THU AUG 13 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT  
 
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT  
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.  
 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL SCATTERED  
SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED TO LINGER OR REDEVELOP IN PORTIONS OF  
AT LEAST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS  
THEN A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY  
MORNING. SEVERE STORMS AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY  
 
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT  
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.  
 
ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.  
SEVERE WEATHER AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES  
THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  
SEVERE WEATHER AND RAINFALL REPORTS ARE ALSO APPRECIATED.  
 

 
 
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