Weather tornado warning
The gist
The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings in Iowa, Utah and Ohio between Sept.
A Utah twister lofted debris 4,000 feet up.
How it unfolded
- Sep 14, 2026The National Weather Service issued tornado watch 669 shortly before 5 p.m. for western Iowa and the Des Moines metro, covering 17 counties until 12 a.m. Sept. 15.
- Sep 14, 2026Around 9 p.m. the watch was reduced to remove some western Iowa counties; as of 9:10 p.m. it remained in effect for 15 counties including Polk, Dallas and Warren.
- Sep 18, 2026A tornado warning was issued for parts of Weber, Davis and Morgan counties in Utah, in effect until 2:15 p.m. MDT, with radar indicating a possible tornado and ping-pong ball-sized hail.