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SXUS99 KFSD 072003
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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
303 PM CDT MON APR 7 2003

...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL FOR BOTH APRIL 6TH AND 7TH IN SIOUX CITY 
IOWA...

WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW WAS STILL FALLING IN SIOUX CITY AS OF 300 PM 
CDT...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT. THIS LATEST 
STORM HAS BROKEN TWO DAILY RECORDS FOR THE SIOUX CITY AREA.

THE 6.3 INCHES RECEIVED YESTERDAY, APRIL 6TH, BEAT THE OLD RECORD OF 
4.0 INCHES SET IN 1911. THE 6.3 INCHES WAS ALSO THE 2ND HIGHEST 
DAILY SNOWFALL AMOUNT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, FALLING SHORT OF THE 
6.8 INCHES ON APRIL 4TH, 1957. 

SO FAR TODAY, APRIL 7TH, 2.7 INCHES HAS FALLEN, WHICH BEATS THE OLD 
RECORD OF 2.0 INCHES SET IN 1916.

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