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The Drought Monitor has not changed in the last week. The moderate drought is mainly north of Cedar Rapids.

Just before 8 PM Monday, a storm moved over the Waterloo Airport and produced a 52 mph wind gust. This is the strongest wind gust in Waterloo for the day. It also produced pea size hail east of town. #iaw

Pea size hail in Cedar Falls at 7:25 am Thursday. NWS Des Moines #iawx

Hail just SE from Finchford. Taken by Mark Hrodey. #iawx

Waterloo rain total from Wednesday is 2.48", a new daily record. Previous record 1.66" in 1948. #iawx

Yesterday's evening's storm as it passed north of Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. South African rock band Seether was playing at McGrath Amphitheatre (lower left). James Spann KCRG-TV9 First Alert Weather Garrett Heyd Wx ☈ Rebecca Kopelman Iowa's News Now WeatherFIRST Mark Schnackenberg KWWL Storm Track 7

A dust storm moves across Illinois and Indiana ahead of storms on Friday.

A spotty shower is possible early this evening if you are grilling dinner.

May and June are peak months for tornadoes in Iowa. Last month was VERY quiet when it came to tornado warnings. There was just 1 tornado warning issued in Iowa, in May. Now compare that with May 2024, a different story. Fingers crossed June is quiet as well.

We average about 14 tornadoes during the month of June in Iowa. So far, there has been just one. That was Tuesday in far southeast Iowa. No severe weather is in the forecast through next week.

The air quality has improved a little bit from this morning. #iawx

Check out that hail report from Texas today.

Record or near record highs in the northwest reaching near 100 degrees.

A few showers are possible Monday. A little better chance northeast than southwest.

Air quality is good for most of the area. Take a deep breath and enjoy the fresh air.

This upcoming weekend is could be a HOT one.

Here are some reports from the storms this afternoon. Most of the reports are west of I-35.

A few storms are possible late Sunday afternoon into the evening in eastern Iowa. Isolated severe storms are possible. Damaging wind and large hail are possible with any of the severe storms.

⁦NWS Des Moines⁩ more flooding in Waterloo. Fletcher Ave. ⁦Mark Schnackenberg⁩ ⁦KWWL Storm Track 7⁩ ⁦KWWL⁩

A sad day in the weather center. Today was Joshua's last day at KWWL. He has been a great asset to what we have done on air and off air (behind the scenes). He will be missed.