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SXUS99 KDSM 210504
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1203 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2004
                                                                                
                                                                                
...RECORD 24 HOUR RAINFALL SET IN DES MOINES...
                                                                                
A RECORD RAINFALL WAS RECORDED IN DES MOINES ON APRIL 20TH WITH 2.59
INCHES FALLING BY 1130 PM.  THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.41
INCHES SET BACK IN 1893.  THE WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD WAS SET IN
1976 WITH 7.76 INCHES REPORTED.  THIS RECORD WILL BE UPDATED
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
                                                                                
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