Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 22 July 2026

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Yet Another Deluge of Rain
Date: 21 Jul 05:22 AM
Votes: Good: 23   Bad: 1 Abstain: 1

The area between Ames and Des Moines has had quite the July for heavy rainfall events. After an event on 2-3 July brought upwards of ten inches just northeast of Des Moines, another deluge of rain fell Monday evening (20 July) with roughly the same area targeted with the highest amounts. The featured map presents the combination of MRMS 24 hour precipitation estimates ending Tuesday morning with available NWS Local Storm Reports, COOP observations, and CoCoRaHS reports. The map will be updated later on Tuesday after more morning reports are received. While totals with this event were much lower than the one earlier this month, values over four inches are still rather exceptional and even more exceptional to have two such events over the same location during one year.

NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 12 AM 21 Jul 2026 - 12 AM 22 Jul 2026 CDT

Summary By WFO Watches
Type USIA ARXDVNDMXOAXFSD US
Tornado 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Svr Tstorm 263 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Flash Flood 137 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: 350 Verified: 142 [40.6%]
Polygon Size Versus County Size            [23.6%]
Average Perimeter Ratio                    [25.2%]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km)  [23.9%]
Average Storm Based Warning Size           [1127 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better) [0.82]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)        [0.59]
Critical Success Index (higher is better)  [0.37]

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