Rainy Times Ahead

Looking somewhat ominous and turning out to be, the dark cloud in front of us produced plenty of rain and lightning as we traveled eastbound on Interstate 80. We were on a return trip to Cedar Rapids from Des Moines for the Memorial Day weekend. The heavy rains contributed to flooding in many places from the already saturated ground in Iowa. The top image shows our location 1.5 miles west of Brooklyn around 6:28 PM, Sunday, May 26, 2013. The bottom image shows a radar screen capture of the same spot and time.