140 SXUS99 KDSM 190654 RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 0142 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT OTTUMWA... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.88 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT OTTUMWA YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.32 SET IN 1970. $$ DONAVON