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What happened
Radar showed storms over Des Moines on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, from 6:54 PM CDT to 10:38 PM CDT. At their widest they covered 65,500 square miles, with about 2.8 million people under them, over Madison, Green Bay and Appleton. The strongest cores were thunderstorms.
How it unfolded
The same day
- Tornado warning in Hastings, MN4:58 PM CDT to 5:20 PM CDT · 16,000 people
- Storms over the Twin Cities2:44 PM CDT to 5:32 PM CDT · 4.6 million people
- Severe storm warning in Lakeville, MN4:34 PM CDT to 4:56 PM CDT · 270,000 people
- Severe storm warning in Faribault, MN3:58 PM CDT to 4:28 PM CDT · 18,100 people
- Storms in Northfield, MN4:42 PM CDT to 5:08 PM CDT · 4.2 million people
- Storms over Cedar Rapids11:18 PM CDT to 1:18 AM CDT · 4.1 million people