A lone thunderstorm was somehow able to fire over southern Iowa late Monday afternoon and dumped much needed rainfall over a very limited area. The featured map displays NOAA MRMS precipitation estimates based on RADAR and shows a very small area just to the northwest of Chariton and southeast of Indianola picking up an inch or more. This is a critical time of year to receive precipitation for a corn crop that is currently tasseling. These types of rainfalls can go a long ways to explaining differences in final crop yield between neighboring farmers and fields. Hopefully expected rainfall on Tuesday can be a bit more widespread, but some dry areas of the state will almost certainly miss out again.

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