Soil moisture improved across the state with rainfall last week. 

Topsoil moisture condition rated 0 percent very short, 2 percent short, 72 percent adequate and 26 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition rated 0 percent very short, 4 percent short, 73 percent adequate and 23 percent surplus.

Thunderstorms producing moderate to heavy rainfall across eastern Iowa finally exited the state early afternoon on Sunday the. Nearly 20 stations observed at least 2.00 inches from east-central to northeast Iowa. 

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed in southeastern Iowa through the day on Monday the 11th. Some storms became severe in extreme southeast Iowa with two weak and short-lived tornadoes observed in Lee County. Rainfall was observed over Iowa’s southeastern one-third with widespread half to 1.00 inch totals; the highest amounts were found from south-central to eastern Iowa with 1.18 inches inches in Wapello County to 2.20 inches in Iowa County. 

The Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report is released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November.