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Eventdex · Heavy Rain

BUTLER

455793 · 42.580, -92.880

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Event typeevent_typeHeavy Rain
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id455,793
Episode IDepisode_id75,447
Begin UTCbegin_utc2013-07-26T05:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2013-07-26T05:00:00+00:00
StatestateIOWA
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameBUTLER
Latitudelat42.580
Longitudelon-92.880
End latitudeend_lat42.580
End longitudeend_lon-92.880
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceTrained Spotter
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeA cold front moved into northwest Iowa during the mid to late afternoon hours. The airmass became unstable by the early afternoon with CAPE in the 2000 to 3000 J/kg range. Downdraft CAPE was between 800 and 1200 J/kg. The freezing level was around 13,000 feet. Precipitable water was around 1.3 to 1.4 inches. Shear was moderate with 30 to 40 kts of effective shear. The LCL was quite high around 1750 meters due to dry air in the low levels of the atmosphere. Thunderstorms developed along the cold front over north central Iowa initially. The storms produced very heavy rainfall with several reports of penny to nickel size hail received. One storm produced quarter to half dollar size hail in Hancock County. Storms became more numerous by early evening. Many produced small hail. One storm in Pocahontas County produced hail up to quarter size. Very heavy rainfall occurred over parts of north central Iowa. The storms produced around 2 inches of rain in an hour. More than 3 inches of rain fell in the Aplington area of Butler County.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeRainfall total of 3.1 inches in the past several hours.
Yearyear2,013

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