Iowa Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/17/2026 18:56

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 8:56PM CDT until May 17 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 17, 2026 - 6:56pm
Expires: 
May 17, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description: 
SVROAX The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Monona County in west central Iowa... Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa... Eastern Harrison County in southwestern Iowa... Shelby County in southwestern Iowa... * Until 1000 PM CDT. * At 856 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Panama to 4 miles west of Hancock to 4 miles southeast of Treynor, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. This storm has a history of 60 to 70 mph winds. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Eastern Council Bluffs, Harlan, Logan, Oakland, Avoca, Woodbine, Dunlap, Treynor, Underwood, Neola, Carson, Walnut, Shelby, Minden, Earling, Irwin, Persia, Defiance, Macedonia, and Panama. This includes the following highways... Interstate 29 between mile markers 43 and 47. Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 5 and 48.
Instruction: 
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west central Iowa. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern Iowa. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Harrison, IA; Monona, IA; Pottawattamie, IA; Shelby, IA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Omaha/Valley NE