Strong storms that made their way from southern through central Iowa Saturday, brought heavy rain and hail. Heavy rain fell in Greenfield during the eight o’clock hour, causing some temporary street flooding and resulting in at least one-stalled vehicle that drove into the flood waters about two-feet deep. The Greenfield Police Department’s automated weather system recorded at least 1.75 inches of rain as of last report. Pea-size hail and winds gusted up to an estimated 60-mph, as well.

Flooding on SE Kent Street in Greenfield, Saturday night. (Greenfield P-D social media post)

Nickel-size hail fell in the Ringgold County town of Diagonal at around 6:35-p.m., Saturday. Dime-size hail fell about two-miles northeast of Kent in Union County at around 7-p.m. Two-inches of rain fell in the Union County town of Cromwell in under 30-minutes, beginning at around 7-p.m.  Winds gusting up to 50 mph were reported a little after 9-p.m. in the Des Moines suburb of Windsor Heights. Just before 10-p.m. the Des Moines International airport had recorded 2.5-inches of rainfall, but more than 4-inches fell on other parts of Des Moines, Saturday night.

Authorities said that between 9-p.m. Saturday and 6-a.m. Sunday, the Des Moines Police and Fire Departments had responded to over 100 reports of cars/people stranded on flooded roadways.

Image from the Dsm PD social media page: Flooding 6/22-23/19

There were no reports of injuries or serious property damage.