Webster storm history

Visibilities were reduced to less than one quarter mile for an extended period of time in the town of Badger and across the Webster County area.

Report via mping.

A trained spotter reported damage to corn and soybean fields and tree losing big branches near Dolliver Park and Lehigh. Time estimated by radar.

Peak gust of 58 mph reported by the Fort Dodge AWOS. Time taken from METAR.

Trained spotter reported nickel to quarter sized hail in Fort Dodge.

Delayed report. EM reports several intersections flooded in Ft Dodge with with stalled vehicles and water up to the bottom of doors. Flooding continued through 9pm until gradually receding.

Cocorahs station IA-WB-3 Fort Dodge 1.6 ENE measured 4.25 inches of rain.

Large tree down at this location, few others reported in town. Time estimated by radar.

Trees and powerlines down around Fort Dodge. Delayed report relayed by broadcast media. Time estimated by radar.

Personal weather station gusted to 59 mph as the gust front moved through.

Up to quarter sized hail but most was much smaller. Hail lasted from 7:38-7:42 pm LDT.

Hail stone measured with calipers.

Widespread rainfall of 1 to 2 inches over the past week helped to end the Severe Drought conditions across Webster County.

Prolong dryness this fall along with above normal temperatures has led to the expansion of Severe Drought conditions into Webster County.

Personal weather station reported 4.02 inches storm total with rain still in progress.

Report of 5.5 inches of rain storm total from WHO TV.

A 24 hour rain total of 7.1 inches.

The Des Moines River at Fort Dodge remained in flood from a peak crest in June 2024.

The Des Moines River at Stratford remained in flood from a peak crest in June 2024.

The Des Moines at Stratford crested at 21.56 ft on June 27 at 08:15 pm CDT. The river remained in flood through the end of the month and into July.

Mesonet reported 3.06 inches of rain.

The Des Moines at Fort Dodge crested at 17.12 ft on June 27 at 04:30 am CDT. The river remained in flood through the end of the month and into July.

Trees and crops damaged.

A brief tornado was captured on video near Clare during the late afternoon. The tornado remained in open cropland with no impacts to damage indicators, hence the EFU rating.

MPING report of penny sized hail.

The Des Moines River at Fort Dodge crested at 11.02 ft on May 23 at 5:45 pm CDT.

Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud.

Emergency manager reported trees down on power lines through town.

Rainfall in the middle and later portion of March helped to improve hydrologic conditions across Webster county by the end of the month with severe drought ending in the county.

Above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation allowed severe drought conditions to persist across south and east Webster county.

Combination of snow around 6 inches with wind gusts around 30mph.

Severe drought persisted in southeast Webster county during January with temperatures remaining above normal. Precipitation was slightly above normal but this did little to help improve the longer term dryness across the area.

Severe drought conditions remained across southeast Webster county through December with above normal temperatures. Rainfall was above normal but did little to alleviate drought conditions, particularly longer term deficits.

Severe drought conditions persisted in southern Webster county for the duration of November given lack of rain and above normal temperatures.