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Severe Weather Hits Charles City & NE Iowa

Jim Coloff April 18, 2025Last Updated: April 18, 2025

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A series of showers and thunderstorms swept across eastern Iowa producing small hail and rainfall. The storms dropped rain and hail reported from Charles City to Waverly, with Charles City receiving the most rain reported.

Rainfall amounts varied with the storms throughout the Coloff Media weather network:

Charles City – 1.12″
Mason City – 0.96″
Stacyville – 0.82″
New Hampton – 0.75″
Forest City – 0.67″
Maquoketa – 0.22″
Cedar Falls – 0.13″
Manchester – 0.03″

Jeff Pavlovich on the west edge of Charles City provided these photos of the hail that fell in his area.

Jim Coloff April 18, 2025Last Updated: April 18, 2025

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Jim Coloff

Jim Coloff is the Owner and President of Coloff Media. A 1989 graduate of Iowa State University with degrees in Journalism and Marketing, Coloff grew up in Forest City in a radio family. He has been involved in numerous community non-profits and organizations, and has served at President of the Iowa Broadcasters Association, being named Broadcaster of the Year in 2007.