***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***

I have had over 4.5 inches in our gauge, 3 inches from the first storm and then 1.5 inches from yesterday, have not checked this morning. But we are well over 4 inches here in N. Ames. Ground is saturated when walking on it, puddles everywhere in the back yard, not deep but still there.
Appreciate the weather reports. I have an elderly member of the family that lives in north Ames in the Somerset area.
 
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In Ames it ain’t to much rain until you can only see the top 12” of cars at Maple Willow Larch. And when you walk on the water in Hilton, the rims hit your knees. I think that is close to the good old days. Does that sound right.
 
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Appreciate the weather reports. I have an elderly member of the family that lives in north Ames in the Somerset area.
Appreciate the weather reports. I have an elderly member of the family that lives in north Ames in the Somerset area.
Somerset is to the south of us we are north of Bloomington road, but both would have a lot of rain on them. We drove down to Polk City last night for pizza and there was water standing on the golf course, so Somerset is in the same boat as us to the North.
 
Anyone have updated model runs for northern Iowa today? Looks like the warm front dropped south, and might continue to trend that way.
 

In that second picture, I'm assuming the higher the number, the higher the Significant Tornado risks? If so, super not comforting, as I'm sitting at an 11. You guys over here do a great job with your weather threads, which is why I typically pop over. I hadn't seen these graphics yet today, so I do appreciate it.
 
In that second picture, I'm assuming the higher the number, the higher the Significant Tornado risks? If so, super not comforting, as I'm sitting at an 11. You guys over here do a great job with your weather threads, which is why I typically pop over. I hadn't seen these graphics yet today, so I do appreciate it.
Yes BUT...that is of course not all that goes into it as you can se by looking at the model screenshots that follow it. Significant Tornado risk in well down into Iowa but the models are largely keeping everything north of the border. That being said anywhere within a 2-3 county tier of the border should be keeping weather aware today.
 
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Yes BUT...that is of course not all that goes into it as you can se by looking at the model screenshots that follow it. Significant Tornado risk in well down into Iowa but the models are largely keeping everything north of the border. That being said anywhere within a 2-3 county tier of the border should be keeping weather aware today.
Right, I get that. Could be an interesting start to our severe storm season here, and sitting behind my desk as an insurance agency owner, only makes me cringe a little bit!