A few storms north of Highway 20  were severe this afternoon. Some storms produced golf ball sized hail and some rain reports are 2″+. At the same time many others in the viewing area were dry again and HOT. Here are the high temperatures across the state.

Iowa City broke the record high today. Here is how the others compared.

Ok now lets look at the storm photos.
Cresco By Ryan Wilson

Ridgeway By Andy Ludeking

Ridgeway By Julie Kriener

Waukon By Shirley Snitker

West Union By KWWL Weather Tracker

Cresco By Jill Smith

Ridgeway By Niki Konkel

These storms dumped a lot of rain in a short amount of time. Here are just a few rain totals of more than 0.50″ from this afternoon.

2.07″ Dorchester
2.06″ Cresco
1.75″ Monona
1.50″ Bluffton
1.22″ Harpers Ferry
1.13″ Ion
0.91″ Decorah
0.80″ Waukon
0.76″ Marquette
0.74″ Prairie du Chien
0.61″ Boscobel

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