855 SXUS73 KDMX 032344 CCB RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 540 PM CST DEC 3 2011 ...RECORD DAILY RAINFALL AT DES MOINES... A RECORD 1.24 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR AT DES MOINES TODAY. THIS SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 0.92 INCHES SET IN 1990. THIS AMOUNT WILL BE UPDATED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WHEN A FULL DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL IS AVAILABLE. $$ KD SXUS73 KDMX 040637 CCC RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1237 AM CST DEC 4 2011 ...RECORD DAILY RAINFALL AT DES MOINES... A RECORD 1.38 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT DES MOINES ON SATURDAY. THIS SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 0.92 INCHES SET IN 1990. IT ALSO MAKES SATURDAY THE WETTEST DECEMBER DAY IN DES MOINES SINCE 1994...AND THE FOURTH WETTEST DECEMBER DAY SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1878. $$ LEE