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SXUS99 KDSM 160358
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
958 PM CST MON MAR 15 2004
                                                                                
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT DES MOINES...
                                                                                
THROUGH 930 PM CST...OFFICIALLY THERE HAS BEEN 15.4 TOTAL INCHES OF
NEW SNOWFALL FOR DES MOINES. THIS SETS A RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THIS
DAY IN DES MOINES AND ALSO FOR THE MONTH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS
6.5 INCHES SET BACK IN 1923 AND THE MOST SNOWFALL IN ONE DAY WAS
MARCH 8TH WITH 11.1 INCHES SET BACK IN 1999. IN ADDITION...ITS THE
3RD SNOWIEST DAY ON RECORD COMING IN BEHIND 19.8 INCHES SET ON
JANUARY 1ST 1942 AND 17 INCHES SET ON DECEMBER 26TH 1888.
                                                                                
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