720 SXUS99 KDSM 230748 RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 248 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT WATERLOO AND DES MOINES... A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.97 INCHES OCCURRED IN WATERLOO ON MAY 22ND. THIS BREAKS THE OLD DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 1.74 INCHES BACK IN 1965. THIS IS THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY THAT A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL HAS BEEN SET AT WATERLOO. A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 3.21 INCHES OCCURRED IN DES MOINES ON MAY 22ND. THIS BREAKS THE OLD DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 2.01 INCHES BACK IN 1952. $$ GRAMS