981 SXUS99 KDSM 041643 CCA RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1042 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2003 ...RECORD DRY SPELL IN DES MOINES ENDS... FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING CREATED ICY CONDITIONS AND ENDED THE RECORD DRY SPELL FOR DES MOINES. 0.01 LIQUID PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN MEASURED SO FAR AS OF 10:30 AM. THE LAST MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 11TH 2002, WHEN 0.01 OCCURRED. THIS MAKES IT 53 DAYS IN A ROW WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 45 DAYS, FROM OCTOBER 2ND THROUGH NOVEMBER 15TH, OF 1952. KULA