258 SXUS99 KDSM 180316 AAA RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 916 PM CST MON FEB 17 2003 ...RECORDS SET ACROSS IOWA DURING THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SNOW EVENT... FEBRUARY 14TH...MASON CITY TIED A PRECIPITATION RECORD OF 1.5 INCHES SET BACK IN 1927. FEBRUARY 15TH...DES MOINES TIED A PRECIPITATION RECORD OF 0.40 INCHES SET BACK IN 1942. ALSO...A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 5.7 INCHES WAS SET...PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 3 INCHES SET IN 1996. OTTUMWA SET A PRECIPITATION RECORD OF 1.26 INCHES ON THE 15TH...PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.33 INCHES SET BACK IN 1951. A SNOWFALL RECORD WAS ALSO BROKEN...10.6 INCHES WAS OFFICIALLY REPORTED...THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 5 INCHES SET BACK IN 1943. $$ SJT