{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.5bbaf7ceda07f5462878ab72e60665d315e49b87.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 6:05PM CDT until May 18 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-18","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.5bbaf7ceda07f5462878ab72e60665d315e49b87.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Des Moines IA"},"word_count":185,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 6:05PM CDT until May 18 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Adams, IA; Taylor, IA\n**Issued by:** NWS Des Moines IA\n**Sent:** 2026-05-18T18:05:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-18T18:05:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-18T18:30:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nAt 605 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bedford\nMunicipal Airport, or near Bedford, moving east at 45 mph.\n\nHAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail\ndamage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect\nconsiderable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to\nmobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nBedford, New Market, Gravity, Sharpsburg, Conway, Athelstan, Lake Of\nThree Fires State Park, and Bedford Municipal Airport.\n\n## Instructions\nA Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern\nIowa.\n\nRemain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly\nfrom severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the\nbasement or small central room in a sturdy structure.\n\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding."}