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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1110 AM CDT WED DEC 10 2003
                                                                                
...NEW DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD FOR DECEMBER 9 AT OTTUMWA...
                                                                                
OTTUMWA ESTABLISHED A NEW PRECIPITATION RECORD FOR DECEMBER 9...
RECORDING 1.86 INCHES FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT MIDNIGHT. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE DATE WAS 0.64 INCHES IN 1931. THE
PRECIPITATION FELL ENTIRELY AS RAIN SINCE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW DID
OCCUR UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST DAILY
PRECIPITATION FOR ANY DECEMBER DAY IN OTTUMWA WHERE RECORDS EXTEND
BACK TO 1896. THE HIGHEST EVER WAS 1.90 INCHES ON DECEMBER 7 1980.
                                                                                
                                                                                
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