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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for parts of SW IA Tuesday night
(Omaha, NE) – The National Weather Service issued the first Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Iowa for 2025, Tuesday night – and we’re not even officially into Spring. The warning was issued at around 9:42-p.m., and was for thunderstorm winds at around around 60-miles per hour.
The Warning went out for parts of Montgomery and Page Counties, as the storm cell made its way eastward at around 50 mph. Earlier (at around 9:19 p.m.), a 61-mph gust of wind was recorded by a personal weather station two miles northwest of Silver City, in Mills County.
The Weather Service attributed the sudden, intense storm to what’s called a “Heat Burst,” a rare weather event that causes a sudden increase in air temperature near the ground. It’s most often associated with a dying thunderstorm.
There were no reports of damage. Spring, by-the-way, begins March 20th. Thunderstorms can occur at any time of the year, but they are most often associated with late Spring through early Summer, in the Midwest. The peak months of May and June are most often associated with tornadic activity.
