Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 28 April 2024

News

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IEM Code Pushes <to branch> on Github

Apr 27 7:57 AM <main> doc: improve TMS docs for GOES
Apr 27 8:53 AM <main> mnt: drop -900913 from various TMSes
see akrherz/tilecache#33 as legacy names should still work
Apr 27 9:27 AM <main> fix: remove redundant config
Apr 27 9:54 AM <main> Merge pull request #750 from akrherz/240426-2
Some TMS doc/cleanup work

Daily Feature

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NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 12 AM 27 Apr 2024 - 12 AM 28 Apr 2024 CDT

Type	US	IA	ARX	DVN	DMX	OAX	FSD	US
	Summary		By WFO					Watches
Tornado	136	2	0	0	0	1	0	9
Svr Tstorm	288	26	2	14	7	2	0	3
Flash Flood	20	0	0	0	0	1	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: 406 Verified: 105 [25.9%]
Polygon Size Versus County Size            [29.0%]
Average Perimeter Ratio                    [33.4%]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km)  [11.5%]
Average Storm Based Warning Size           [1431 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better) [0.80]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)        [0.74]
Critical Success Index (higher is better)  [0.24]