***Official 2025 Weather Thread***

[3TrueFans]

Here we go again. Warning for only a sliver of Polk Co. but dispatch triggers sirens everywhere. Going off in Johnston for no reason.

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I've lived in Iowa for 40 years and I still couldn't tell you what any of those counties are without city names or something.

 

[enisthemenace]

On my way back to DSM from Ames. Am I going to run into any hail?

EDIT: So, the answer was “no”. When we left Ames, it looked like the end of the world. In Altoona now, and nothing. Love a good storm, but not a fan of hail damage.

 

[Cyclone90]

What are you talking about? Literally all of central Iowa is under a severe thunderstorm warning right now

Polk Co. sirens trigger for 70 mph wind in warnings. That warning shouldn't have triggered sirens across the entire county.

Edit: Warnings include different wind speeds. Could be 60, 70, 80, etc mph. 60 mph don't trigger sirens.

 

[3TrueFans]

On my way back to DSM from Ames. Am I going to run into any hail?

Keep your eyes on the road for god's sake!

 

[clone52]

Literally all of central Iowa is under a
severe thunderstorm warning right now

But has anyone died yet? Should only do sirens after a confirmed death.

 

[clone52]

Polk Co. sirens trigger for 70 mph wind in warnings. That warning shouldn't have triggered sirens across the entire county.

Edit: Warnings include different wind speeds. Could be 60, 70, 80, etc mph. 60 mph don't trigger sirens.

 

[enisthemenace]

Keep your eyes on the road for god's sake!

Ha! Wife’s driving. I can’t see ****

 

[Cyclone90]

That's a different warning than the one referenced in my post.

 

[clone52]

That's a different warning than the one referenced in my post.

All of Polk County was in a 70mph warning while you were saying they shouldn't have sirens.

 

[Cyclone90]

All of Polk County was in a 70mph warning while you were saying they shouldn't have sirens.

They were right by accident because the NWS issued another one right after that one, and they just did it again. Sirens going off in Johnston at 622pm with no warning in effect for 98% of Polk Co.

 

[wintersmd]

Little bit of quarter sized hail in Ames. Thankfully it was short lived.

what part of Ames? We are on the Southeast side and got rain

 

[awd4cy]

They were saying the 6 PM round was going to be the big one. We'll see

Meh, I never really thought there would be much to see in Iowa. The bad area was going to be around St. Louis.

 

[SaraV]

This was the sun down in KC just 3 minutes ago. Can't even see it now.

 

[Cyclonesrule91]

In northern Waukee and sirens have gone off 5 different times now and so far it’s been a ginormous nothing burger. I’m happy about that but somebody’s getting to happy with the siren button. The boy who cried wolf playing out in real time

 

[CY88CE11]

In northern Waukee and sirens have gone off 5 different times now and so far it’s been a ginormous nothing burger. I’m happy about that but somebody’s getting to happy with the siren button. The boy who cried wolf playing out in real time

Careful. The individual making those decisions posts here, and they're really sensitive to any criticism.

 

[Agclone91]

what part of Ames? We are on the Southeast side and got rain

Southwest side

 

[ExCyment]

A real dud out west near omaha, just a few drops of rain and occasional moderate winds.

 

[3TrueFans]

So....is that it?

 

[Gunnerclone]

PDS watch issued for Arkteniltucky.

Also I see a lot of whining in the DesMoines subreddit. There was a moderate chance of severe weather hitting the area. Severe weather hit the area. Shut up.

 

[awd4cy]

PDS watch issued for Arkteniltucky.

Also I see a lot of whining in the DesMoines subreddit. There was a moderate chance of severe weather hitting the area. Severe weather hit the area. Shut up.

Yeah, and we never really had the tornado threat. Not sure if people want to watch their house get ripped apart but I can vouch, not a fun experience