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SXUS99 KDSM 040334
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RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
933 PM CDT MON NOV 3 2003
                                                                                
...UPDATED DAILY RECORD RAINFALL IN DES MOINES AND WATERLOO...
                                                                                
THE UNUSUAL NOVEMBER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS IOWA HAS
PRODUCED RECORD RAINFALL THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING.  AVERAGE
RAINFALL WAS 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM BEDFORD TO PELLA TO
MONTEZUMA...WHILE 3 TO 4 INCH RADAR ESTIMATES WERE FOUND FROM DES
MOINES TO MARSHALLTOWN TO TRAER...AND FROM CRESTON TO INDIANOLA. AT
THE JOHNSTON NWS OFFICE 1.04 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM 6 TO 7 PM THIS
EVENING. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS EVENING.
                                                                                
STATION        RECORD RAINFALL     OLD RECORD AND YEAR
DES MOINES         3.35               1.62 IN 1983
WATERLOO           2.53               1.40 IN 1934
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