Heavy Rain — Mahaska, Iowa

2022-11-04 to 2022-11-05 · near Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa

Event narrative

A 24 hour rain total of 2.39 inches.

Wider weather episode

A cold front moved across Iowa, allowing for a longer duration rainfall event with central and southeast Iowa picking up a widespread two to three inches with a few location seeing up to four inches of rain. While storms were initially discrete with a few stronger cores, they remained below severe limits and quickly grew into a stratiform regime with little lightning. While this rain helped to ease drought conditions in parts of the state, the precipitation deficit for the year remained high.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1058881. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.