Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 14 July 2026

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IEM Code Pushes <repo,branch> on Github

Timestamp Repository Message Link
Jul 13 4:45 PM iem,main ✨ Allow specification of plot min/max for cbar
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?q=84
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Jul 13 10:37 PM iem,main 📝 Sundry improvements per review Link


Daily Feature

NEXRAD Latency
Date: 13 Jul 09:58 PM
Votes: Good: 2   Bad: 0 Abstain: 0

The IEM processes a near real-time feed of National Weather Service NEXRAD (RADAR) Level II and Level III products. The Level II data is then made available on a simple website built for a number of radar display software programs to easily use. The Level III data is processed into a number of products, including mosaics and single site imagery. The featured map is a Monday evening snapshot of some internal IEM monitoring to ensure the data feed is performing as expected. All of the sites are shown in the green (green is good) with low latencies. The NWS has a very nice monitoring page as well, for those of you interested in such things!

The featured media can be generated on-demand here

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NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 12 AM 13 Jul 2026 - 12 AM 14 Jul 2026 CDT

Summary By WFO Watches
Type USIA ARXDVNDMXOAXFSD US
Tornado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Svr Tstorm 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flash Flood 54 0 0 0 0 0 0---

ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

IEM Cow Report

SVR+TOR Warnings Issued:  30 Verified:   5 [16.7%]
Polygon Size Versus County Size            [8.5%]
Average Perimeter Ratio                    [8.9%]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km)  [8.0%]
Average Storm Based Warning Size           [1153 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better) [0.40]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)        [0.83]
Critical Success Index (higher is better)  [0.13]

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