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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.  


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SJT