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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
150 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2007

...A RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT SIOUX CITY...

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR MARCH 31ST WAS 2.25 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.03 INCHES SET IN 1998. THE 2.25 INCHES BROKE
THE WETTEST DAY ON RECORD IN MARCH...ECLIPSING THE OLD RECORD OF
1.68 INCHES SET ON MARCH 28TH 1940.

THE TOTAL MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR MARCH 2007 WAS 4.19 INCHES WHICH
MAKES IT THE 4TH WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD. THE WETTEST MARCH ON
RECORD OCCURRED IN 1987 WHEN 5.90 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL FOR
THE MONTH.