480 
SXUS99 KDSM 102238
RERDSM

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
538 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002

         ...DAILY RECORD RAINFALL SET AT DES MOINES...

THROUGH 500 PM...THERE HAS BEEN 1.83 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN DES MOINES. 
THIS SETS A NEW RECORD FOR DAILY RAINFALL IN DES MOINES. THE 
PREVIOUS RECORD DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS 1.60 INCHES SET BACK IN 
1892.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING IN DES 
MOINES. SO...THIS RAINFALL TOTAL COULD INCREASE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AN 
ADDITIONAL STATEMENT WILL BE SENT SHOULD THIS TOTAL CHANGE.

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