This alert expired on 5 August 2026 at 09:36 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 4th strongest of the 20 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 May 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 4 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 5 at 4:28AM CDT until August 5 at 4:30AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 16 out of 100, at 62 % confidence.
The score is ours, computed from intensity, exposed population and local history — not the source’s.
Computed under scoring rules v1. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Event Data
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 16 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 62% |
| Coordinates | 40.9180, -94.6740 |
| Nearest City | Waukee (101 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Date | 2026-08-05 — time not reported by the source |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cf92365634e1748531f1a39e86c5a262677dfd24.001.1 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Adams, IA; Taylor, IA |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 5 at 4:28AM CDT until August 5 at 4:30AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA |
| Expires | 2026-08-05T04:36:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Des Moines IA |
| HasExactCoords | true |
Safety Information
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Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 16/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.