Weather Alerts For Ackley, IA

# SUMMARY -------------------- ...Gusty Winds Early This Morning as The Rain Ends.. WHAT...Gusty east to southeast winds will occur on the backside of the departing thunderstorms. Gusts of 40 to 55 mph are expected and may last up to an hour. # DETAILS -------------------- WHERE Much of Central, North Central and South Central Iowa. WHEN During the pre-dawn hours this morning. IMPACTS Unsecured outdoor objects may be blown around and smaller tree branches may break. PREPAREDNESS AND PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicles. ISSUED AT Monday, May 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Des Moines IA HEADER Special Weather Statement # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Decatur, Hamilton, Marion, Tama, Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Clarke, Dallas, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hancock, Hardin, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marshall, Monroe, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Story, Taylor, Union, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Worth, Wright Including the cities of Northwood, Manly, Garner, Britt, Kanawha, Mason City, Clear Lake, Eagle Grove, Clarion, Belmond, Hampton, Parkersburg, Clarksville, Shell Rock, Greene, Aplington, Allison, Dumont, Waverly, Fort Dodge, Webster City, Iowa Falls, Eldora, Ackley, Grundy Center, Reinbeck, Conrad, Dike, Wellsburg, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Jefferson, Boone, Ames, Marshalltown, Tama, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Gladbrook, Guthrie Center, Panora, Bayard, Casey, Perry, Waukee, Adel, Des Moines, Newton, Grinnell, Greenfield, Stuart, Adair, Fontanelle, Winterset, Earlham, Indianola, Norwalk, Carlisle, Pella, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Corning, Creston, Osceola, Chariton, Albia, Bedford, Lenox, New Market, Mount Ayr, Lamoni, Leon, Corydon, Seymour, Allerton, Humeston, and Centerville

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS/MIDDLE MISSOURI VALLEY SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms will continue tonight especially across Kansas into far eastern Nebraska and Iowa, northwest Missouri and southern Minnesota. This includes an increasing evening-time potential for damaging winds aside from continued tornado and large hail risks regionally. Central/southern Plains to Upper Midwest General regional trends will be for ongoing storms to continue to grow upscale with increasing damaging wind potential this evening. However, tornado potential (including a few strong) will continue with embedded/semi-discrete supercells this evening, including near the southern Minnesota warm frontal vicinity, and farther south-southwest across far eastern Nebraska/western Iowa and northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, and perhaps with southern peripheral development near the dryline across southern Kansas. Scenario is supported by a moist/unstable air mass, along with dramatically strengthening south-southwesterly winds in the lowest 2-3 km AGL, a trend already noted in regional WSR-88D VWP data as supplemental to 00z observed soundings from Omaha/Topeka/Norman and Springfield, Missouri.