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Tuesday is looking like a much-needed soaker for Iowa. We'll be north of the low, so it's possible we won't even get any thunder out of this.

I just had to dig up some plants I just got in the ground because the 50 mph wind was ripping them apart.

The GFS and the CAMs were right about the band of thunderstorms through central Iowa late this afternoon. I picked up 0.35" of rain, with plenty of rumbles and a bit of small hail.

It appears there won't be much to talk about for the next week or two. I guess that will make it easy to get my garden planted.

0.31" here overnight, maybe a bit better than expected. I was able to fill my rain barrel before we head into the long dry stretch.

Despite the warm, moist air surging north into Iowa, most models show little, if any, storm activity around here. Are we capped or something?

Early to mid spring, 2012, we received a fairly normal amount of precip around here. The spigot shut off in May.

My April total is up to 4.43".

My final rain total is 3.12". That was a lot of fun. I love heavy rain and it has been a long time since the last heavy rain event. There were a few lightning flashes, but it wasn't much up here in the cold air.

The CAMs nailed this evening's heavy rain event. The heavy band pivoted right over Cedar Rapids, causing the NWS to issue the first flash flood warning of the season. My total is 3.05", with a bit more to come.

A few of the meso models are suggesting a few spots around here could get 2-4" of rain today. A 2" soaker would be great. The soil is pretty dry.

A big ol' goose-egg here overnight.

The pattern is looking pretty wet and stormy late this week through week two.

I lost a strip of shingles from the corner of my roof yesterday during the howling wind. The forecast had 20 gusting to 35, but we got 30 gusting to almost 50.

Some real nice snow totals in Iowa.