***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***

[nfrine]

3 sprinkles a half hour ago. Missed again. Lawn is brown.

Close to 4" of rain the last two weeks. Central Iowa. Lawn is not brown.

 

[cydnote]

South of Waterloo, sufficient rain here. 3 1/2 inches of lawn weekly

 

[iowastatefan1929]

People really starting to sound the alarm on this El Nino, what is the inside intel here.

 

[ClonerJams]

People really starting to sound the alarm on this El Nino, what is the inside intel here.

 

[Clonehomer]

This never gets old

 

[Agclone91]

Made it down to the Creston/Lenox/Corning area yesterday and it reminded me exactly of the 2020 derecho up here. Grain bins and trees in fields everywhere.

Looks like potentially 90 mph winds headed through Marshalltown and Toledo this morning. That will be ugly as well.

 

[CYaeger]

KCCI saying radar returns are showing 100 MPH wind gusts near Toledo and Tama

 

[Kinch]

I saw a weather station in Manchester reporting 82 mph gusts.

 

[nfrine]

Clear and still is the forecast here...
Clear up to your knees and still raining is what they meant....

 

[isufbcurt]

Sitting at a truck stop at the Tipton exit on I80 - I was worried about the wind but not bad wind, no hail, just hard rain. I am guessing my races in Davenport tonight are cancelled but I am waiting on official word before I head home.

 

[BCClone]

With the way, you guys are talking, sounds like we just got the tip up here on the mininy border

 

[somecyguy]

Around the CR area, the winds were very isolated. Fairfax and friends of mine south of the airport have multiple trees down, but here on the SE side, we didn't see much of any wind.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[BCClone]

If he can drive 94 mph, it will be like it’s perfectly calm since the wind and rain would be going the same speed as him.

 

[1SEIACLONE]

Just checked my gauge in N. Ames, we had 2.5 inches since yesterday and KCCI has Gilbert with 2.75. They list Story City and Roland at 3.9 inches of rain. It just poured this morning a couple of times with some wind before sun up.

 

[Pope]

If he can drive 94 mph, it will be like it’s perfectly calm since the wind and rain would be going the same speed as him.

Yeah! Like riding your bike on a treadmill, or jumping just before the runaway elevator hits the ground floor.

 

[Kinch]

English River is approaching record flood levels. Not quite, but getting up there.

 

[dafarmer]

Gully washing .3” in last 10 days in W Iowa. South of Hiway 6 plenty of rain. Guy in Clarinda said 25” since first of May

 

[Entropy]

Around the CR area, the winds were very isolated. Fairfax and friends of mine south of the airport have multiple trees down, but here on the SE side, we didn't see much of any wind.

Local creek on the West side of town was flowing out of its banks near Cherokee Park.

 

[wxman1]

Local creek on the West side of town was flowing out of its banks near Cherokee Park.

Might take the kids for a ride tonight and see how Dry Creek and Indian Creek are doing. They have been quite full but never seem to flood like they seemed to do growing up.