Good morning. Iowa. I'm Aaron Jolly. If you stepped outside early, you already know. Over an inch of rain in 24 hours. And we're sitting at 51 degrees in the middle of thunderstorms. The soggy part? Still rolling. Right now, storms are packing small hail up to quarter size. The real threat is heavy rain — visibility drops fast when these cells push through. Most of this clears north by mid-morning, but don't get comfortable. The main event is still hours away. Here's what's building. A Colorado low is tracking northeast, dragging a cold front behind it. By late afternoon, surface-based storms fire up over western Iowa. We've got serious instability — 1000 to 1500 joules per kilogram — plus strong wind shear. Translation? Large hail, damaging winds over 60 miles an hour. And isolated tornadoes are all possible between 5 PM and midnight. The Quad  ...