The remnants of a thunderstorm complex that developed in the early morning hours of August 23rd brought widespread heavy rain and winds of 40 to 50 mph in Benton, Buchanan, Jones, Linn, Dubuque, Clinton, and Scott Counties in Iowa. Rainfall amounts ranged from 1.37 inches in Bettendorf to almost 4.00 inches in Tipton. Heavy rain was also reported with this thunderstorm complex as it moved into northwest Illinois.

Flash Flood in CLINTON, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 06:50:00 to 23-AUG-11 06:50:00 (CST-6)
Location: CLINTON
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Water is up to the bottom of car doors in Clinton. Law Enforcement is closing streets.

Heavy Rain in LINN, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 05:35:00 to 23-AUG-11 05:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: BERTRAM
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Storm total in the past hour and a half.

Heavy Rain in BENTON, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 06:53:00 to 23-AUG-11 06:53:00 (CST-6)
Location: URBANA
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy Rain in CEDAR, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 07:06:00 to 23-AUG-11 07:06:00 (CST-6)
Location: TIPTON
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Minor street flooding is occurring.

Heavy Rain in JONES, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 07:26:00 to 23-AUG-11 07:26:00 (CST-6)
Location: WYOMING
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy Rain in SCOTT, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 08:00:00 to 23-AUG-11 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: PANORAMA PARK
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Rain fell from 730 to 900 AM CDT.

Heavy Rain in DUBUQUE, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 10:33:00 to 23-AUG-11 10:33:00 (CST-6)
Location: ASBURY
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy Rain in CLINTON, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 10:48:00 to 23-AUG-11 10:48:00 (CST-6)
Location: DEWITT
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

This is storm total rainfall.

Heavy Rain in JONES, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 11:10:00 to 23-AUG-11 11:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: WYOMING
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

This is storm total rainfall.

Heavy Rain in CLINTON, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 11:51:00 to 23-AUG-11 11:51:00 (CST-6)
Location: LOW MOOR
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

This is the storm total rainfall.

Flash Flood in CEDAR, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 07:00:00 to 23-AUG-11 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: LOWDEN
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

A thunderstorm moving through Cedar County produced heavy rain  of between 3.5 to 4 inches in less than an hour causing severe flooding in Cedar County. Several streets were flooded with cars stalls . A number of residents reported flooding in their basements.

Heavy Rain in LINN, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 16:47:00 to 23-AUG-11 16:47:00 (CST-6)
Location: BERTRAM
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Total rainfall storms on the night of the 22nd and morning of the 23rd.

Heavy Rain in SCOTT, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 11:32:00 to 23-AUG-11 11:32:00 (CST-6)
Location: GAMBRILL
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

An additional 1.03 inches of rain fell in the last few hours.

Heavy Rain in SCOTT, IOWA
From 23-AUG-11 16:47:00 to 23-AUG-11 16:47:00 (CST-6)
Location: SCOTT COUNTY PARK
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Rainfall total from the morning's storm.