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SXUS99 KDSM 220716
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
216 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004
                                                                                
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT MASON CITY AND WATERLOO...
                                                                                
A RECORD RAINFALL OF 4.59 INCHES OCCURRED IN MASON CITY ON MAY 21ST.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL EVER IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
IT IS THE 6TH HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TO EVER OCCUR. IT BROKE THE
DAILY RECORD TOTAL OF 3.10 INCHES SET IN 1908...AND THE MONTHLY
RECORD TOTAL OF 3.68 INCHES SET ON MAY 29TH 1980.
                                                                                
A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.08 INCHES OCCURRED IN WATERLOO ON MAY
21ST. THIS BREAKS THE OLD DAILY RAINFALL RECORD...OF 1.47 INCHES
BACK IN 1939.
                                                                                
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