Iowa rainfall totals: How much fell in storms Sunday morning
Another round of storms brought torrential rainfall to portions of central and southwest Iowa this morning.
糖心vlog.COM. TIME TO CHECK IN WITH DAVID OVER IN THE WEATHER STUDIO AND DAVID, THE STORY TODAY IS THE RAIN. YEAH. SO FAR THIS MORNING FOR SURE. WE鈥橵E SEEN SOME TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OUT THERE. HERE TO START THE DAY STILL GETTING IN SOME RAINFALL REPORTS. WANT TO SHOW YOU THE LIST OF WHAT I HAVE SO FAR. NICK JUST SENT IN AN EMAIL MOMENT AGO OF 2.6IN IN URBANDALE, SO IT鈥橲 NOT ON MY LIST JUST YET, BUT WINTERSET, THE WINNER SO FAR, IF THAT鈥橲 HOW YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT. AT LEAST NEARLY 4.5IN OF RAIN THERE IN WINTERSET. STUART RIGHT AT FOUR INCHES OF RAIN OVER 3.5IN IN ADEL. SAINT CHARLES CLOSING IN ON THREE INCHES WEST DES MOINES, JUST OVER TWO AND A HALF. WAUKEE JUST OVER TWO AND A HALF AS WELL. A REPORT FROM THE WEST SIDE OF AMES OF 2.2IN OF RAIN. AND EARLIER THIS MORNING, NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ADAIR. BUT THAT CAME IN AT ABOUT 2 A.M. WHEN THE RAIN WAS STILL COMING DOWN. SO IF YOU HAVE A RAINFALL TOTAL FROM ADAIR, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU GOT BECAUSE I鈥橫 SURE IT鈥橲 HIGHER THAN THAT BY NOW. THESE ARE SOME OF THE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THE AIRPORTS ACROSS THE AREA. THESE ARE THE AUTOMATED RAINFALL REPORTS. SO JUST SHY OF AN INCH AND A HALF IN GRINNELL, 1.4 IN AMES, ALMOST 1.4 HERE IN DES MOINES. BUT THERE鈥橲 THAT SWATH OF REALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM ADAIR TO WINTERSET, OSCEOLA, SHERIDAN, CORYDON THESE ARE THE RADAR ESTIMATES OF THE RAINFALL. YOU CAN SEE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT FOUR TO NEARLY 5.5IN OF RAIN, ESTIMATED IN THAT SWATH THERE. THAT鈥橲 WHY WE STILL HAVE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN PLACE AROUND THE METRO. AGAIN, ONE TO MAYBE THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL, JUST SHY OF AN INCH AND A HALF OUT AT THE AIRPORT, BUT SOME HEAVIER TOTALS CERTAINLY AROUND THERE. AND THEN AS YOU GET UP TOWARD AMES, ALSO SEEING THOSE REPORTS OF 1 TO 2IN OF RAINFALL. SO A PROLIFIC RAINFALL EVENT HERE OVERNIGHT. HERE鈥橲 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ADAIR MADISON COUNTY. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS STILL IN PLACE UNTIL 9:00 OR 9:15 A.M. AROUND THE METRO. WE STILL HAVE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT IS IN PLACE UNTIL 10 A.M. AND THEN OVER TO THE EAST. JASPER. MAHASKA. OVER TOWARD POWESHIEK COUNTY. YOU GET A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 11 A.M. THE RAIN STARTING TO WIND DOWN. THAT鈥橲 THE GOOD NEWS. STILL HAVE SOME POCKETS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL HERE AS YOU HEAD OVER TO THE EAST TO TAMA TRAYER GRUNDY CENTER. STILL SOME LIGHT RAIN IN MARSHALLTOWN AS WELL, BUT THE RAIN HAS PRETTY MUCH SHUT DOWN FOR MOST OF THE METRO, ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-35. THE RAIN IS DONE WITH. WE STILL HAVE CLOUDS OVERHEAD. OF COURSE, THOSE CLOUDS WILL STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER, BUT WE WILL GET SOME SUNSHINE LATER TODAY. 71 CURRENTLY, TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES WITH VERY HUMID CONDITIONS IN PLACE. YEAH, IT鈥橲 GOING TO BE ANOTHER HUMID DAY. SO THERE GOES THE RAIN THIS MORNING. IT鈥橲 OUT OF HERE. IT鈥橲 DONE WITH BY 10:00. WE GOT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON, AND OUR TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLIMBING BACK UP INTO THE 80S HERE LATER TODAY. NEAR 80 BY NOON, TOPPING OUT ABOUT 84 DEGREES HERE THIS AFTERNOON. YEAH, DEFINITELY A WARM AND HUMID ONE. LOW TO MID 80S HERE ALL ACROSS THE STATE. YOU SEE THOSE THUNDERSTORM ICONS. THAT鈥橲 FOR THIS MORNING. THE AFTERNOON WILL BE DRY TONIGHT. UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES. THERE鈥橲 A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED STORM HEADING INTO TOMORROW MORNING. BUT I THINK MOST OF YOUR MONDAY IS GOING TO BE DRY AND HOTTER WITH HIGHS INTO THE 80S. AND THEN IT鈥橲 ALL ABOUT THE HEAT HERE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. WE鈥橰E LOOKING AT SEVERAL DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S. HEAT INDEX OVER 100. LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY鈥橲 PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK. THAT鈥橲 OUR NEXT WEATHER IMPACT DAY WITH THAT HIGH OF 94 DEGREES, THE HEAT INDEX OVER 105, AND THEN MORE STO
Iowa rainfall totals: How much fell in storms Sunday morning
Another round of storms brought torrential rainfall to portions of central and southwest Iowa this morning.
Updated: 10:33 AM CDT Jul 21, 2025
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Strong thunderstorms with torrential rainfall developed over portions of southwest and central Iowa early Sunday morning. Flash Flood Warning were issued for central portions of the state where the heaviest rain fell. Flash Flooding was reported around the Winterset area with the Iowa DOT reporting Highway 92 was briefly flooded.Here's a look at rainfall amounts as of Sunday morning:Stuart: 5.10 inches Mitchellville: 4.80Waukee: 4.40Winterset: 4.40Humeston: 4.40Adair: 4.25Chariton: 4.20Centerville: 4.10Van Meter: 4.00 Osceola: 3.80Adel: 3.69Colfax: 3.50Nevada: 3.20Urbandale: 3.08West Des Moines: 3.00La Grand: 2.95St. Charles: 2.84DeSoto: 2.80Gilbert: 2.80Rathbun: 2.75 Waukee: 2.58New Sharon: 2.55Indianola: 2.50Ankeny: 2.40Dallas Center: 2.32W Ames: 2.20 Murray: 1.80Pleasant Hill: 1.50Grinnell: 1.47Ames: 1.44Des Moines Airport: 1.40 Marshalltown: 1.08SE Des Moines: 1.00Chariton: 0.69 Carroll: 0.45Fort Dodge: 0.38 Creston: 0.32Atlantic: .027Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially in thunderstorms, so your rain gauge might have a different measurement.Don鈥檛 see your town listed here? Either less than one-tenth of an inch fell, or we might not have a report from there yet. You can always send your rain totals to weather@kcci.com.禄 Subscribe to 糖心vlog's YouTube page禄 Download the free 糖心vlog app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play
DES MOINES, Iowa — Strong thunderstorms with torrential rainfall developed over portions of southwest and central Iowa early Sunday morning. Flash Flood Warning were issued for central portions of the state where the heaviest rain fell. Flash Flooding was reported around the Winterset area with the Iowa DOT reporting Highway 92 was briefly flooded.
Here's a look at rainfall amounts as of Sunday morning:
- Stuart: 5.10 inches
- Mitchellville: 4.80
- Waukee: 4.40
- Winterset: 4.40
- Humeston: 4.40
- Adair: 4.25
- Chariton: 4.20
- Centerville: 4.10
- Van Meter: 4.00
- Osceola: 3.80
- Adel: 3.69
- Colfax: 3.50
- Nevada: 3.20
- Urbandale: 3.08
- West Des Moines: 3.00
- La Grand: 2.95
- St. Charles: 2.84
- DeSoto: 2.80
- Gilbert: 2.80
- Rathbun: 2.75
- Waukee: 2.58
- New Sharon: 2.55
- Indianola: 2.50
- Ankeny: 2.40
- Dallas Center: 2.32
- W Ames: 2.20
- Murray: 1.80
- Pleasant Hill: 1.50
- Grinnell: 1.47
- Ames: 1.44
- Des Moines Airport: 1.40
- Marshalltown: 1.08
- SE Des Moines: 1.00
- Chariton: 0.69
- Carroll: 0.45
- Fort Dodge: 0.38
- Creston: 0.32
- Atlantic: .027
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Rainfall totals Saturday night and Sunday morning
Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially in thunderstorms, so your rain gauge might have a different measurement.
Don鈥檛 see your town listed here? Either less than one-tenth of an inch fell, or we might not have a report from there yet. You can always send your rain totals to weather@kcci.com.
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