Statewide, Iowa — Portions of Iowa got beneficial rainfall this weekend, while a few areas were hit with flash flooding, hail and wind damage.
Around four inches of rain fell in Waukon in northeast Iowa, as well as in the central Iowa communities of Earlham and Gilbert from Saturday into early Sunday morning. Meteorologist Ashley Bury of the National Weather Service office in Des Moines says the weather system that moved into the state Saturday encountered moisture in the air.
The heaviest rainfall amounts were recorded in Boone, Dallas and Story Counties. Far northwest and the southeast corner of the state didn’t see much, if any, rain.
On Saturday, hail of about an inch in diameter was reported in the Grinnell area and strong winds damaged buildings in the southwest Iowa town of Sharpsburg. On Sunday afternoon, a tornado warning was issued for Jackson County along Iowa’s eastern border, but no damage was reported.
The KIWA studios in downtown Sheldon saw a total of just nine-hundredths of an inch of rain for the weekend, all falling between 7 o’clock Saturday morning, and 7 o’clock Sunday morning.
