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Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin
Data valid for 17 July 2007

> News
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> Yesterday's Daily Feature

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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2007-07-17
 | Title : Softball hail!
 | Date  : 17 Jul 07:02 AM
 | Votes : Good: 19   Bad: 4
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The atmosphere was very unstable yesterday and produced a number of vigorous thunderstorms producing high winds, hail, and perhaps a few brief tornados.  The featured map is of a very prolific hailer near Waterloo.  Numerous reports of golfball and larger size hail were made with this storm.  A report of a <a href="http://schnacksweatherblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/storm-photos-from-july-16/">4.5 inch hail</a> stone was received from near Janesville!

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary
*** Products issued on 17 Jul 2007

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       3    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm  132    7 |   2     5     2     0     6 |   3
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: 454
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  96.98 [03:52 PM] SUX   SIOUX CITY
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  64.04 [04:54 AM] ALO   WATERLOO
                     :  64.04 [05:52 AM] CID   CEDAR RAPIDS
                     :  64.04 [05:53 AM] SPW   SPENCER
                     : 2 Other Duplicates Skipped
 High Dew Point[F]   :  75.92 [06:52 PM] EST   ESTHERVILLE
                     :  75.92 [06:53 PM] MCW   MASON CITY
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  60.98 [12:53 AM] SPW   SPENCER
                     :  60.98 [02:52 AM] EST   ESTHERVILLE
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  53.00 [04:21 AM] ALO   WATERLOO
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.33 [        ] BRL   BURLINGTON
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 Iowa AWOS            Reporting Stations: 42  Obs Received: 8046
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 High Air Temp[F]    : 100.00 [04:19 PM] CBF   COUNCIL BLUFFS
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  60.80 [04:15 AM] OLZ   None
                     :  60.80 [04:55 AM] LRJ   None
 High Dew Point[F]   :  82.00 [06:18 PM] AXA   ALGONA
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  55.40 [03:55 PM] CSQ   None
                     :  55.40 [04:55 PM] CNC   None
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  51.00 [04:09 AM] OLZ   OELWEIN
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   2.45 [        ] OLZ   OELWEIN
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 Iowa RWIS            Reporting Stations: 56  Obs Received: 7554
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  99.40 [05:45 PM] RCBI4 Council Bluffs (I-80)
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  62.30 [04:55 AM] RSLI4 Storm Lake (US 71/IA 3)
                     :  62.30 [03:38 AM] RNHI4 New Hampton (US 18)
 High Dew Point[F]   :  81.30 [07:25 PM] RSPI4 Spencer (US 18)
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  57.80 [06:23 PM] RDEI4 De Soto (I-80/US 169)
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  30.00 [08:25 PM] RCBI4 Council Bluffs (I-80)
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.18 [        ] RDCI4 Decorah (IA 9)
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 KCCI SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 60  Obs Received: 82760
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 High Air Temp[F]    : 102.00 [01:27 PM] SMDI4 Madrid
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  65.00 [03:39 AM] SAGI4 Algona
                     :  65.00 [04:42 AM] SMLI4 Mallard
                     :  65.00 [12:07 AM] SBKI4 Belmond
 High Dew Point[F]   :  90.00 [06:35 PM] SLMI4 Latimer
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -21.00 [01:40 PM] SMDI4 Madrid
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  25.20 [05:41 PM] SFOI4 Fontanelle
                     :  25.20 [12:56 PM] STQI4 Tama
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.01 [        ] SUNI4 BCLUW MS Union
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 KIMT SchoolNet       Reporting Stations: 24  Obs Received: 32382
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  93.00 [05:06 PM] SKWI4 Kanawha
                     :  93.00 [06:19 PM] SNII4 Thompson
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  62.00 [03:38 AM] SLEM5 LeRoy
                     :  62.00 [05:10 AM] SCQI4 Cresco
                     :  62.00 [03:37 AM] SCCI4 Charles City
                     : 1 Other Duplicates Skipped
 High Dew Point[F]   :  79.00 [07:49 PM] SNKI4 Northwood
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  59.00 [03:30 AM] SCCI4 Charles City
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  20.00 [03:04 AM] SRVI4 Riceville
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   1.21 [        ] SCCI4 Charles City
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 KELO WeatherNet      Reporting Stations: 38  Obs Received: 21278
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 High Air Temp[F]    : 103.00 [02:33 PM] SMSS2 Mission
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  50.00 [07:52 AM] SALS2 Alcester
 High Dew Point[F]   :  97.00 [02:33 PM] SMSS2 Mission
 Low Dew Point[F]    : -32.00 [05:46 AM] SYAS2 Yankton
 Peak Gust[knots]    :  33.02 [10:11 PM] SMSS2 Mission
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   0.05 [        ] WHSS2 Winner
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 Iowa NWS COOP        Reporting Stations: 104  Obs Received: 539
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  98.00 [        ] AKYI4 ANKENY
                     :  98.00 [        ] SXGI4 SIOUX CITY ANG
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  55.00 [        ] CRCI4 Cresco
                     :  55.00 [        ] EKRI4 ELKADER 5 SSW
 Max Rainfall [inch] :   2.23 [        ] INDI4 INDEPENDENCE
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 Misc Stations        Reporting Stations: 3  Obs Received: 662
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 High Air Temp[F]    :  84.90 [10:40 AM] OT0002 ISU | AGRONOMY HALL
 Low Air Temp[F]     :  73.00 [12:48 PM] RAWDES Desoto
 High Dew Point[F]   :  56.00 [12:48 PM] RAWNSM Neal Smith
 Low Dew Point[F]    :  40.00 [12:48 PM] RAWDES Desoto

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