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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
605 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

IAC003-173-182330-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-260518T2330Z/
Adams IA-Taylor IA-
605 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS AND TAYLOR COUNTIES...

At 605 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bedford
Municipal Airport, or near Bedford, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Bedford, New Market, Gravity, Sharpsburg, Conway, Athelstan, Lake Of
Three Fires State Park, and Bedford Municipal Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Iowa.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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LAT...LON 4058 9492 4073 9491 4073 9493 4086 9493
      4093 9469 4057 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 263DEG 37KT 4066 9480 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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