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RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1209 AM CDT TUE NOV 4 2003
                                                                                
...UPDATED 24 HOUR RECORD RAINFALL IN DES MOINES AND WATERLOO...
                                                                                
THE UNUSUAL NOVEMBER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS IOWA HAS
PRODUCED RECORD 24 HOUR RAINFALL.  AVERAGE RAINFALL WAS 2 TO 3
INCHES FROM BEDFORD TO PELLA TO MONTEZUMA...WHILE 3 TO 4 INCH RADAR
ESTIMATES WERE FOUND FROM DES MOINES TO MARSHALLTOWN TO TRAER...AND
FROM CRESTON TO INDIANOLA.
                                                                                
STATION        RECORD RAINFALL     OLD RECORD AND YEAR
DES MOINES         3.55               1.62 IN 1983
WATERLOO           3.00               1.40 IN 1934
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