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SXUS99 KDSM 152300
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
500 PM CST MON MAR 15 2004
                                                                                
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT DES MOINES...
                                                                                
THROUGH 445 PM CST...THERE HAS BEEN 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FOR DES
MOINES. THIS SETS A RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THIS DAY IN DES MOINES. THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH POSSIBLY ANOTHER
1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL BEFORE IT ENDS.
                                                                                
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 6.5 INCHES SET BACK IN 1923.
                                                                                
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