August 23, 2014 – Iowa Heavy Rain Event Summary

Here’s a look at radar estimated precipitation products and rainfall/flash flood reports from heavy rain event across portions of central Iowa on August 23, 2014.

Q3 radar estimated rainfall from midnight to 6 pm CDT on August 23, 2014. Image courtesy Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

Q3 radar estimated rainfall from midnight to 6 pm CDT on August 23, 2014. Image courtesy Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

Q3 radar estimated precipitation.

MRMS (Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System) Q3 24-hour estimated precipitation across central to southern Iowa. Time ending at 3 PM CDT (20z 8/23/2014). This image is a different color curve and a zoomed in from the image above. You can find more detailed information from the MRMS website on how Q3 works: http://nmq.ou.edu/

Dual pol storm total accumulation from August 23, 2014.

Dual-pol storm total accumulation from August 23, 2014. This dual-pol product provides an estimate of how much rain has fallen since the beginning of a precipitation event. Follow this link here for more details on dual-pol products: http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/courses/dualpol/
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/?n=dualpolupgrade-products#dsa

Google Map of Storm Reports from 8/23/2014

Google Map (Alternate Version) of Storm Reports from 8/23/2014

Text Summary of Storm Reports

 Blog post by Kenny Podrazik

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