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Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

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Ice Storm Warning Parts of Central and Eastern & Northeast Iowa; Winter Weather Advisory Rest of Iowa through Much of Today

Published 2024-12-14

NWS Des Moines Confirms EF-0 Tornado from 5 November 2024

Published 2024-11-18

Changes to River Forecast Services for the Iowa River at Marshalltown IA

Published 2024-10-24

Hydrologic service change announcement regarding NWS river forecast services for the Iowa River at Marshalltown, IA.

Red Flag Warning For All of Central Iowa Today

Published 2024-10-16

Freeze Warning over Southern and Central Iowa from 1 AM to 9 AM Wednesday

Published 2024-10-14

Visit our NEW Spanish Language webpage by clicking here!

Published 2024-08-07

June 25, 2024 Storm Summary Report

Published 2024-06-26

May 24th Damaging Wind and Tornado Summary

Published 2024-05-24

Preliminary Storm Summary of May 21 Tornadoes and Flash Floods Across Iowa

Published 2024-05-23

Test

Published 2024-05-09

Severe Weather, Flash Flooding Possible Through Early This Evening

Published 2024-05-05

Summary of Severe Weather Reports from May 8, 2024

Published 2024-04-30

2023-24 Goes Into The Books As The Warmest Winter On Record!

Published 2024-03-02

Article detailing the meteorological winter of 2023-24, including statistics and records broken.

Interested in the Ongoing Iowa Drought or What's Favored this (Strong El Nino) Winter? Click Here!

Published 2023-12-08

New Warning Criteria for Heavy Snow

Published 2023-11-13

This describes the NWS new warning criteria for heavy snowfall.

Air Quality Alert for Portions of Central and Western Iowa Through Midnight Thursday Night

Published 2023-09-06

Lightning Safety Awareness Week June 18 to June 24

Published 2023-06-20

Are you #WeatherReady for the summer? Check out our latest weather safety graphics, videos, social media posts, and more.

Published 2023-06-01

NWS Hazard Simplification Survey

Published 2023-05-16

April 4, 2023 Storm Summary

Published 2023-04-05

March 31, 2023 Storm Summary

Published 2023-04-05

Spotter Training on 4/4/2023 for Cerro Gordo and Decatur Counties Postponed

Published 2023-04-03

Click to Submit Storm Report for March 31 Severe Weather

Published 2023-03-31

Iowa Tornadoes by Month and Year

Published 2023-01-16

Today Marks the One-Year Anniversary of the 2021 Historic December 15th Derecho

Published 2022-12-06

Winter Season Outlook Released - La Niña Continues

Published 2022-10-20

Winter Season Outlook

Extreme Drought Expands Across Northwest and North Central Iowa

Published 2022-10-03

2022 Iowa Tornadoes Through Early August

Published 2022-08-10

Heat Awareness Day for Iowa is June 2nd

Published 2022-05-30

March 5th 2022 Central and Southern Iowa Tornadoes

Published 2022-03-07

2022 Storm Spotter Training Schedule

Published 2022-02-15

Winter Weather Spotter Training - 7pm Thursday Dec 16 - Register now!

Published 2021-12-06

Thanksgiving Climatology for Des Moines and Waterloo

Published 2021-11-22

Virtual Job Shadow Opportunity - Apply by September 30th!

Published 2021-09-11

Air Quality Alert for all of Iowa Until 12 PM Monday

Published 2021-07-31

August 10th, 2020 Midwest Derecho Story Map Review

Published 2021-05-31

A story map review of the Great 2010 Midwest Derecho of August 10, 2020.

Severe Weather Awareness Week: March 22-26, 2021

Published 2021-03-06

Please Take Short Survey Regarding NWS Frost/Freeze Products!

Published 2020-11-13

Iowa Peak Fall Colors Map from the Iowa DNR

Published 2020-09-29

Get ready for Fall weather hazards by visiting our Fall Safety website!

Published 2020-09-01

National Lightning Safety Awareness Week-June 21-27

Published 2020-06-20

Storm Survey for May 26, 2020 Tornadoes (Updated May 29, 2020)

Published 2020-05-27

Storm survey information for tornadoes on May 26, 2020.

Freezing Temperatures Late Tonight and early Monday

Published 2020-05-10

Check Out Our New Weather Education Page! Click Here!

Published 2020-05-06

NWS Des Moines has launched a weather education webpage... weather.gov/dmx/education

March 28, 2020 Tornado Summary

Published 2020-03-30

Severe Weather Awareness-Today's Topic is Flooding

Published 2020-03-27

Severe Weather Awareness-Today's Topic is Family Preparedness

Published 2020-03-26

Severe Weather Awareness-Today's Topic is Tornadoes

Published 2020-03-25

Severe Weather Awareness-Today's Topic is Warning Reception

Published 2020-03-24

Severe Weather Awareness-Today's Topic is Severe Thunderstorms

Published 2020-03-23

CANCELED - Iowa 2020 Tornado Drill

Published 2020-03-17

December Monthly Climate Summary for Waterloo

Published 2020-01-01

A Soggy Saturday Ahead

Published 2019-12-27

Changes to River Forecast Services for the Cedar River at Waterloo, IA

Published 2019-10-11

August 20, 2019 Tornadoes

Published 2019-08-20

FEMA IPAWS Test Replaces NWR Weekly Test Wednesday Evening at 7 pm

Published 2019-08-06

Changes to River Flood Warning & Forecast Services for the West Fork Des Moines River at Estherville

Published 2019-06-19

Conditions Are Favorable for Funnel Clouds This Afternoon

Published 2019-06-17

Elevated Fire Weather Conditions across Central and Northern Iowa Today

Published 2019-04-08

Quick Highlights: Dangerous Cold & Blowing Snow

Published 2019-01-23

2018 - Wet Year at Both Waterloo and Des Moines

Published 2019-01-01

2018 Iowa Tornadoes - Updated 09/07

Published 2018-09-07