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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 29 August 2007
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| Title : Raining buckets
| Date : 29 Aug 07:26 AM
| Votes : Good: 11 Bad: 3
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The featured graph is of observed rainfall from the Rockwell City SchoolNet site. Heavy rain fell once against over Iowa last night as a slow moving cold front took its time to settle south over the state. With a tropical airmass in place, rainfall rates can become large as the storms are efficient rain producers. The rainfall rate shown on the graph is obtained by looking at 15 minute intervals of data and determining the hourly rainfall rate for those 15 minutes. You can see rates well above 3 inches per hour, which is extremely heavy for Iowa. Actual hourly rates slightly exceeded 2 inches per hour, which indicates that the extreme rates weren't sustained for the entire hour for a single location.
> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 29 Aug 2007
Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+ Watches
Type US IA | ARX DVN DMX OAX FSD | US
Tornado 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Svr Tstorm 41 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
Fl Flood 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | N/A
ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA
OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD
> Network Metrics
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Iowa ASOS Reporting Stations: 15 Obs Received: 534
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High Air Temp[F] : 84.20 [04:13 PM] BRL BURLINGTON
High Dew Point[F] : 69.98 [02:52 AM] DVN QUAD CITIES
: 69.98 [12:53 AM] BRL BURLINGTON
Low Dew Point[F] : 51.08 [11:53 AM] SPW SPENCER
: 51.08 [11:53 PM] MCW MASON CITY
Peak Gust[knots] : 22.00 [12:52 AM] DVN QUAD CITIES
: 22.00 [07:53 AM] MCW MASON CITY
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.56 [ ] DSM DES MOINES
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Iowa AWOS Reporting Stations: 39 Obs Received: 7640
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High Air Temp[F] : 85.00 [04:26 PM] AWG WASHINGTON
Low Air Temp[F] : 53.60 [11:35 PM] SHL None
High Dew Point[F] : 75.00 [12:57 PM] RDK RED OAK
Low Dew Point[F] : 46.40 [03:35 PM] LRJ None
Peak Gust[knots] : 22.00 [03:15 PM] CCY CHARLES CITY
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.57 [ ] GGI Grinnell
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Iowa RWIS Reporting Stations: 56 Obs Received: 7154
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High Air Temp[F] : 83.50 [01:06 AM] RBUI4 Burlington (US 34)
Low Air Temp[F] : 52.90 [11:59 PM] RHAI4 Hanlontown (I-35)
High Dew Point[F] : 75.10 [12:07 AM] RBUI4 Burlington (US 34)
Low Dew Point[F] : 38.70 [06:28 PM] RMCI4 Mason City (I-35)
Peak Gust[knots] : 72.00 [04:39 AM] RTMI4 Tama
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KCCI SchoolNet Reporting Stations: 64 Obs Received: 85973
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High Air Temp[F] : 83.00 [04:05 PM] SBMI4 Bloomfield
Low Air Temp[F] : 56.00 [11:45 PM] SAGI4 Algona
High Dew Point[F] : 79.00 [03:25 PM] SCEI4 Centerville
Low Dew Point[F] : -37.00 [06:27 AM] SKCI4 KCCI Studios
: -37.00 [08:53 PM] SMAI4 Marshalltown
Peak Gust[knots] : 34.76 [08:03 AM] SAUI4 Audubon
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.82 [ ] SFOI4 Fontanelle
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KIMT SchoolNet Reporting Stations: 24 Obs Received: 30451
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High Air Temp[F] : 79.00 [02:39 PM] SWLM5 Rochester (Willow Creek)
Low Air Temp[F] : 54.00 [11:48 PM] SRRI4 Rockford
High Dew Point[F] : 71.00 [11:12 AM] SRRI4 Rockford
: 71.00 [11:14 AM] SRVI4 Riceville
Low Dew Point[F] : 48.00 [05:33 PM] SJAM5 Rochester (John Adams)
Peak Gust[knots] : 16.00 [12:20 PM] SFCM5 Preston
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.04 [ ] SRMI4 Mason City RMS
: 0.04 [ ] SNKI4 Northwood
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KELO WeatherNet Reporting Stations: 41 Obs Received: 24224
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High Air Temp[F] : 80.00 [05:03 PM] MTMS2 Mitchell
Low Air Temp[F] : 0.00 [01:45 PM] SBRS2 Brandon
High Dew Point[F] : 72.00 [03:10 PM] SLKS2 Clear Lake
Low Dew Point[F] : -35.00 [12:35 AM] SWTS2 Watertown
: -35.00 [05:21 PM] BHHS2 Britton
Peak Gust[knots] : 35.63 [10:01 AM] ICSI4 Inwood
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.01 [ ] EPJS2 Elk Point
: 0.01 [ ] SGAS2 Garretson
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Iowa NWS COOP Reporting Stations: 96 Obs Received: 549
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High Air Temp[F] : 83.00 [ ] TIPI4 TIPTON 4 NE
: 83.00 [ ] WSHI4 WASHINGTON
Low Air Temp[F] : 49.00 [ ] MCWI4 WINNEBAGO RVR AT MASON CITY
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.10 [ ] GRII4 GRINNELL 3 SW
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Misc Stations Reporting Stations: 5 Obs Received: 1974
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High Air Temp[F] : 75.00 [12:48 PM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
Low Air Temp[F] : 54.80 [06:31 AM] OT0006 NE Ames
High Dew Point[F] : 58.00 [12:02 AM] OT0007 ISU Agronomy II
Low Dew Point[F] : 40.00 [12:48 PM] RAWDES Desoto
Max Rainfall [inch] : 0.01 [ ] OT0006 NE Ames
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