Iowa rainfall totals: Strong storms soak parts of the state
Not all Iowans saw rain, but some areas got wet for the first time in a couple weeks.
Updated: 10:13 AM CDT Apr 18, 2025
COMPANY. YEAH, YEAH, WELL, WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME CALMER CONDITIONS FOR TODAY. AT LEAST. STORMS ARE EXITING THE STATE. IN FACT, OUR ENTIRE AREA NOW STORM FREE. AS WE LOOK AT THE RADAR RIGHT NOW, I SAW A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. CENTRAL, SOUTHERN IOWA, LATER YESTERDAY EVENING. OVERNIGHT. YEAH, WE HAD A LOT OF THAT GOING ON. KEPT ME UP A LOT, KEPT UP A LOT OF PEOPLE, OF COURSE. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN NORTHERN IOWA IS NOW EVEN EXITING BUTLER COUNTY. SO IT’S GETTING FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY, CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY OUT THAT DIRECTION. BUT IT DID LAY DOWN SOME PRETTY LARGE HAIL JUST THIS MORNING ALONE. SO IF YESTERDAY YOU CHECKED YOUR PROPERTY, YOU’RE JUST FINE. LIKE AREAS IN HAMPTON AROUND FRANKLIN COUNTY. WELL, THERE ARE REPORTS FROM OVERNIGHT AROUND THAT 1.75IN RANGE, JUST SHY OF THAT TWO INCH IN DIAMETER SIZE HAIL. SO COULD BE WAKING UP TO SOME DAMAGE. UNFORTUNATELY. NOW IN HAMPTON, HERE’S YOUR CHECK ON THE COLD FRONT. IT IS NOW PASSED OVER DES MOINES, MAKING ITS WAY TO THE SOUTHEAST. THAT’S GOING TO LEAD TO COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER A COLD FRONT. YOU CAN’T REALLY TELL ANYTHING JUST BECAUSE IT IS SO DARK OUTSIDE. BUT WE’LL HAVE SOME INTERESTING CLOUD FEATURES TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IF YOU CAN SEE THAT KIND OF ILLUMINATED BY THE CITY SKY, CITY LIGHTS FIFTYS PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE DAY. NOW WE’RE GOING TO BE DROPPING TEMPERATURES. WE STARTED IN THE 60S VERY EARLY THIS MORNING. THAT’S OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE. AS WE GET INTO THE REST OF TODAY, WE’RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO DROP, ESPECIALLY AS WE GO IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WE’LL BE BACK IN THE 40S TOMORROW MORNING, HOUR BY HOUR, GOING THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. CLOUDS OVER THE ENTIRE STATE. WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE TODAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING. OVERNIGHT, HOWEVER, WE’LL HAVE DECREASING CLOUDS, MIXTURE OF SUN AND CLOUDS THROUGHOUT SATURDAY. MORE CLOUDS THROUGH THE MORNING, LESS AS WE GO IN THE AFTERNOON. SO IT’S GOING TO BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THOSE SHADES OF GREEN ARE MOVING IN SUNDAY MORNING, MOVING INTO SOUTHERN IOWA FIRST. SO FAR AS THE EARLY EASTER ACTIVITIES GOING TO BE WET. YOU WANT THE RAIN COAT, BUT CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHERN IOWA, THERE’S A GOOD SHOT OF US BEING DRY AROUND THIS TIME. SO GET OUT AND DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN THE MORNING. AS FAR AS THE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES FOR LUNCHTIME IN THE AFTERNOON, WE’RE HAVING A BLANKET OF SHOWERS MOVING IN MODERATE TO LIGHT, TYPICALLY INTO THE SOUTHEAST. EVEN A CHANCE FOR SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER, A LITTLE BIT MORE RAIN THAT DIRECTION AS WELL. THEN AS WE GO INTO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY, IT’S WRAPPING UP AND WE’LL BE DRY AS WE GO THROUGH MONDAY, GOING INTO THE MORNING AND EVEN IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT AS FAR AS THE RAINFALL, THIS IS A BIG SOAKER FOR US. IT’S GOING TO BE SOGGY FOR THE AFTERNOON ON EASTER, HALF AN INCH TO A FULL INCH AND A HALF, ESPECIALLY AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. BUT THE SHADE OF BLUE IS THAT HALF AN INCH OR GREATER, AND YOU CAN TELL THAT’S OVER MOST OF THE STATE. HERE’S YOUR EIGHT DAY FORECAST. BREEZY. STILL CHANCE FOR SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT DROPPING TEMPERATURES. WE’RE STILL DROPPING AND WILL BE IN THE 50S FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY. THEN FOR TOMORROW WE DRY THINGS OUT. RAIN CHANCES RETURN EASTER SUNDAY, LASTING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT, WRAPPING UP BY MONDAY GOING TO BE MOSTLY DRY AND THEN RAIN CHANCES. EVEN A POSSIBILI
Iowa rainfall totals: Strong storms soak parts of the state
Not all Iowans saw rain, but some areas got wet for the first time in a couple weeks.
Updated: 10:13 AM CDT Apr 18, 2025
Thunderstorms moved through Iowa Thursday into Friday, spawning tornadoes and dropping large hail and heavy rain.Here's a look at how much rain fell around the state through Friday morning: Corning: 2.42 inchesWest Bend: 1.55Mason City: 1.49Garner: 1.35Creston: 1.33Algona: 1.15Atlantic: 1.14Carlisle: 0.97Norwalk: 0.94Red Oak: 0.89Osceola: 0.78Clarion: 0.71Des Moines Airport: 0.63Hampton: 0.49Humboldt: 0.40Eagle Grove: 0.39Fort Dodge: 0.31Winterset: 0.28Pocahontas: 0.26Waukee: 0.15Sigourney: 0.15Newton: 0.13Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially in thunderstorms, so your rain gauge might have a different measurement.Don’t see your town listed here? Either very little fell, or we might not have a report from there yet. You can always send your rain totals to weather@kcci.com.RAW VIDEO: Tornado touches down near Essex on April 17
DES MOINES, Iowa — Thunderstorms moved through Iowa Thursday into Friday, spawning tornadoes and dropping large hail and heavy rain.
Here's a look at how much rain fell around the state through Friday morning:
- Corning: 2.42 inches
- West Bend: 1.55
- Mason City: 1.49
- Garner: 1.35
- Creston: 1.33
- Algona: 1.15
- Atlantic: 1.14
- Carlisle: 0.97
- Norwalk: 0.94
- Red Oak: 0.89
- Osceola: 0.78
- Clarion: 0.71
- Des Moines Airport: 0.63
- Hampton: 0.49
- Humboldt: 0.40
- Eagle Grove: 0.39
- Fort Dodge: 0.31
- Winterset: 0.28
- Pocahontas: 0.26
- Waukee: 0.15
- Sigourney: 0.15
- Newton: 0.13
Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially in thunderstorms, so your rain gauge might have a different measurement.
Don’t see your town listed here? Either very little fell, or we might not have a report from there yet. You can always send your rain totals to weather@kcci.com.
RAW VIDEO: Tornado touches down near Essex on April 17