Iowa severe storms and rain reports from overnight
DES MOINES, Iowa — Two rounds of severe weather crossed parts of Central Iowa in the night. The first crossed central and southern Iowa with two supercell storms during the late night hours, and the second was a complex of storms in the early morning hours of Friday in Northern Iowa.
The storms in southern Iowa had a history of producing tornadoes near Omaha and western Iowa earlier in the evening. As they moved into Central Iowa, they brought frequent thunder and lightning, heavy rain, and large hail in some communities.
The northern Iowa storms blew across the top tier of counties between 1 and 4 a.m.. These storms brought damaging wind gusts over 70 mph and large hail to communities like Hampton. Storm Lake Law Enforcement is reporting widespread wind damage this morning.
The heaviest swaths of rain line up with the paths of the two supercells in southern Iowa and the complex of storms in northern Iowa. There are pockets of rain estimated over 1″.
Here's a look at some of the rain totals measured overnight.
Creston: 1.33″
Algona: 1.15″
Atlantic: 1.14″
Clarion: 0.71″
Des Moines: 0.63″
Hampton: 0.45″
Osceola: 0.25″
Newton: 0.13″
Grinnell: 0.10″
Knoxville: 0.08″
For more details on the forecast for the Easter weekend, visit our weather page here.
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