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SXUS99 KFSD 161447
RERSUX
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
840 AM CST TUE MAR 16 2004
                                                                                
...SEVERAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL RECORDS BROKEN IN SIOUX CITY
ON MONDAY MARCH 15TH...
                                                                                
                                                                                
...RECORD DAILY RAINFALL SET AT SIOUX CITY...
                                                                                
A NEW RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION FOR MONDAY...MARCH 15TH 2004...WAS
ESTABLISHED WITH 1.66 INCHES. THE OLD RECORD WAS 0.87 INCHES SET
BACK IN 1983.
                                                                                
...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL SET AT SIOUX CITY...
                                                                                
A NEW RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL FOR MONDAY...MARCH 15TH 2004...WAS
ESTABLISHED WITH 18.4 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 2.7
INCHES SET IN 1990.
                                                                                
...RECORD MARCH DAILY SNOWFALL SET AT SIOUX CITY...
                                                                                
THE SNOWFALL OF 18.4 INCHES ON MONDAY...MARCH 15TH 2004...ALSO SETS
THE RECORD FOR THE MOST SNOWFALL ON ANY GIVEN DAY IN MARCH. THAT OLD
RECORD WAS 16.0 INCHES SET BACK IN MARCH 28TH 1890.
                                                                                
...24 HOUR SNOWFALL IS SECOND SNOWIEST IN SIOUX CITY HISTORY...
                                                                                
20.0 INCHES IS THE MOST SNOWFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT SIOUX CITY
HAS EVER RECEIVED. WITH THE 18.4 INCHES RECEIVED YESTERDAY...THIS
MAKES MONDAY...MARCH 15TH 2004...THE SECOND SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THE
OLD NUMBER 2 SPOT WAS 17.4 INCHES SET BACK IN JANUARY 22 AND
23...1982.
                                                                                
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