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24 Hour Rain Totals

The map below is the 24 rain estimate and gives you a general idea where the heavy rain fell.

7 AM Wed to 7 AM Thu

Location County Rain
Waterloo Black Hawk 0.53
Dubuque Dubuque 0.24
Cedar Rapids Linn 0.55
Iowa City Johnson 0.03
Ainsworth 7.4 N Washington 0.10
Anamosa 3SSW, IA Jones 0.72
BELLE PLAINE, IA Benton 0.31
BRIGHTON, IA Washington 0.21
CALMAR, IA Winneshiek 0.11
CASCADE, IA Dubuque 0.34
Cedar Falls 1.4 SSE Black Hawk 0.86
Central City 6.7 W Linn 0.27
CHARLES CITY, IA Floyd 0.03
CLERMONT, IA Fayette 0.34
COGGON, IA Linn 0.39
CONRAD, IA Grundy 0.35
Decorah 7.9 ENE Winneshiek 0.03
DORCHESTER, IA Allamakee T
Dubuque #3, IA Dubuque 0.58
Dubuque L&D 11, IA Dubuque 0.60
EDGEWOOD, IA Clayton 0.89
ELKADER 6SSW, IA Clayton 1.35
Ely 0.5 SE Linn 0.47
GARWIN, IA Tama 1.20
GRUNDY CENTER, IA Grundy 0.25
GUTTENBERG L & D 10, IA Clayton 1.00
HAMPTON, IA Franklin 0.04
HUBBARD, IA Hardin 0.32
IONIA 2W, IA Chickasaw 0.21
IOWA FALLS, IA Hardin 0.63
KESLEY 3 NNE, IA Butler 0.10
LANSING 4SE, IA Allamakee 0.09
LOWDEN, IA Cedar 0.09
MANCHESTER NO. 2, IA Delaware 0.85
MAQUOKETA 4 W, IA Jackson 0.14
Marengo 2.6 SSW Iowa 0.07
Marion 1.2 NE Linn 0.35
Monona WWTP, IA Clayton 0.81
Monticello, IA Jones 1.28
NASHUA 2SW, IA Floyd 0.92
New Hampton 0.4 SW Chickasaw 0.11
New Hampton 1.7 S Chickasaw 0.17
NEW HAMPTON, IA Chickasaw 0.20
NORTH ENGLISH, IA Iowa 0.09
North Liberty 1.0 ENE Johnson 0.28
POPEJOY 1 S, IA Franklin 0.92
POSTVILLE, IA Allamakee 0.61
Quasqueton 1.8 S Buchanan 1.14
Solon 0.3 ESE Johnson 0.24
SPIRIT LAKE, IA Dickinson 0.21
ST ANSGAR, IA Mitchell 0.05
SWISHER, IA Johnson 0.23
TOLEDO 3 N, IA Tama 0.66
TRAER, IA Tama 2.30
TRIPOLI, IA Bremer 1.29
VINTON, IA Benton 0.51
VOLGA 1NE, IA Clayton 1.26
WASHINGTON, IA Washington 0.10
Waterloo 1.8 SSE Black Hawk 1.24
Waterloo 3.0 NNW Black Hawk 1.20
WAUCOMA , IA Fayette 0.47
Waucoma 3.2 S Fayette 0.73
WAUKON, IA Allamakee 0.09
WILLIAMSBURG 3 SE, IA Iowa 0.11
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This post was written by Schnack on July 26, 2012

July 26

From NWS
2000: Two rounds of severe weather struck portions of southwestern, central, and east central Iowa. The first group of storms struck central Iowa during the mid-morning hours, producing very large hail with stones nearly the size of softballs falling in Ames resulting in extensive damage to vehicles and roofs as well as crop damage in surrounding areas. The second round of storms developed by mid-afternoon and moved eastward into the evening, producing prolific amounts of hail including stones the size of baseballs that caused considerable crop damage and broke windows around Atlantic. These storms also produced a couple of short-lived tornadoes in Boone and Guthrie counties as well as locally very heavy rainfall with flash flooding occurring across portions of Cass, Adair, and Tama counties. In Tama County 1.5 inches of rain fell in just 15 minutes with a total of about 4 inches of rain in two hours, flooding the streets with water around 3 feet deep. Further west in Cass and Adair counties 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in about two hours, closing Interstate 80 in northern Adair County with 2 to 3 feet of water covering the road.

1894: Extremely hot temperatures and exceptionally strong southwest winds resulted in significant damage to the corn crop that was later exacerbated by a very dry period following into August. On July 26th every station in Iowa reached at least 100 degrees and the statewide average high temperature was a searing 104.1 F. The prospect for corn was reduced from a condition of 107 percent of normal on July 1 to an actual yield of only 12 bushels per acre by the harvest.

This Day in National/World Weather History …
26 July 1972 → A sweltering two-week heat wave in New York City finally came to an end after causing 891 fatalities.
26 July 1874 → A flash flood claimed 134 lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
26 July 1979 → The U.S. record for 24-hour rainfall was set at Alvin, TX, with exactly 43 inches (thanks to Tropical Storm Claudette).
26 July 1993 → In Pueblo, CO the record high for today, 101, and the record low for today, 52, were set on same day!
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This post was written by Schnack on July 26, 2012