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SXUS99 KDSM 211132 CCA
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
630 AM CDT WED APR 21 2004
                                                                                
                                                                                
...RECORD 24 HOUR RAINFALL SET IN DES MOINES ON TUESDAY...
                                                                                
A RECORD RAINFALL WAS RECORDED IN DES MOINES ON APRIL 20TH WITH
2.64 INCHES RECORDED. 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.
                                                                                
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