Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
AMWI4
Latitude
42.02250 N
Longitude
93.62920 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 162 hours over the last seven days
Rank
332of 1,027 in Iowa, Oct 4

On the radar over Ames 1SSW - Ioway Creek at Lincoln WayReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 12 instruments in Iowa stand at one.

Station charts

Ames 1SSW - Ioway Creek at Lincoln Way Report

Rank 332 of 1,027 in Iowa, Oct 4. The 247 rank orders a state's stations by their 247 score out of 100: how reliably they report, how accurate their readings are against a reference station, how their readings pass their checks, and how they stand against the forecast.

247 score96.9of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 35100.0168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1071.1half its reports arrived within 24 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.0longest silence 61 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20--
  5. Instrument checksweight 15--
  6. Forecast checkweight 10--

The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.

Rank
332of 1,027 in Iowa, Oct 4
Schedule
every houron the hour's :00
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
61 minfrom Oct 4, 8:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 4, 8:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
24 min9 in 10 within 25 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every hour, 24 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same hour count as one received.

Chart of the 1,027 ranked stations in Iowa on Oct 4 by the share of their scheduled reports received in Storm Station's own record, up to 7 days, in tenths: 0 to 9 per cent, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 4; 20 to 29 per cent, 2; 30 to 39 per cent, 26; 40 to 49 per cent, 15; 50 to 59 per cent, 13; 60 to 69 per cent, 99; 70 to 79 per cent, 17; 80 to 89 per cent, 121; 90 to 99 per cent, 437; 100 per cent, 292. Ames 1SSW - Ioway Creek at Lincoln Way received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 332 of 1,027.WHERE IT RANKS IN IOWA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 332 OF 1,027PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 19420 to 29230 to 392640 to 491550 to 591360 to 699970 to 791780 to 8912190 to 99437100292STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Ames 1SSW - Ioway Creek at Lincoln Way's rank in Iowa by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 140 of 652; 2026-09-27 rank 132 of 653; 2026-09-28 rank 129 of 745; 2026-09-29 rank 135 of 758; 2026-09-30 rank 126 of 764; 2026-10-01 rank 86 of 771; 2026-10-02 rank 406 of 1,017; 2026-10-03 rank 404 of 1,017; 2026-10-04 rank 332 of 1,027.ITS RANK IN IOWA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%292
90 to 99%437
80 to 89%121
70 to 79%17
60 to 69%99
50 to 59%13
40 to 49%15
30 to 39%26
20 to 29%2
10 to 19%4
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 20263321,027100.0%
Oct 3, 20264041,017100.0%
Oct 2, 20264061,017100.0%
Oct 1, 202686771100.0%
Sep 30, 2026126764100.0%
Sep 29, 2026135758100.0%
Sep 28, 2026129745100.0%
Sep 27, 2026132653100.0%
Sep 26, 2026140652100.0%
Reports received at Ames 1SSW - Ioway Creek at Lincoln Way, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports024612 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM6 AM9 AM
Reports received at Ames 1SSW - Ioway Creek at Lincoln Way, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4

The whole record, May 30, 2004 to Oct 5, 2010, 281 days reported.

Days reported, by year at Ames 1SSW - Ioway Creek at Lincoln Way, days reported from 1.0 to 278.0, the latest 278.0, in days.DAYS REPORTED, BY YEARdays0100200300366200420052010
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
MonthAverage high FAverage low FRecord high FRecord low FAverage precipitation inStrongest gust mph
Jan----0.00-
Feb----0.00-
Mar----0.00-
Apr----0.00-
May----0.00-
Jun----0.00-
Jul----0.00-
Aug----0.00-
Sep----0.00-
Oct------
Nov------
Dec------

The instrumentWhat an instrument is FB-INS-001

What it seesMoon and tides FB-CLK-003Hurricane FB-EVT-043Nor'easter FB-EVT-066Flash flood FB-EVT-100Coastal flood FB-EVT-105

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