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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1107 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...NEW 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION RECORD ESTABLISHED IN MINNESOTA...

FROM 8 AM SATURDAY AUGUST 18TH THROUGH 8 AM SUNDAY AUGUST 19TH... 
THE NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER ONE MILE SOUTH OF HOKAH MINNESOTA 
/HOUSTON COUNTY/ RECORDED 15.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.  THIS VALUE 
WAS MEASURED USING AN 8-INCH DIAMETER STAINLESS STEEL GAGE WITH A 
HOLDING CAPACITY OF 23 INCHES.  

A MEMBER OF THE STATE CLIMATE EXTREMES COMMITTEE VISITED THE SITE ON 
TUESDAY AUGUST 22ND.  HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE LOCATION OF THE 
GAGE...THAT PROPER MEASURING TECHNIQUES WERE FOLLOWED, AND THAT THE 
DATA LOOKED FEASIBLE.  THE COMMITTEE IS IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS 
PRECIPITATION VALUE BE ACCEPTED AS THE NEW 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION 
RECORD FOR MINNESOTA.  THE PREVIOUS 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION RECORD IN 
MINNESOTA WAS 10.84 INCHES AT FORT RIPLEY /CROW WING COUNTY/ ON JULY 
22 1972. 

THE MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATE EXTREMES COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF 
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ FIELD 
OFFICES...MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE...MIDWESTERN REGIONAL 
CLIMATE CENTER...NWS CENTRAL REGION HEADQUARTERS...AND THE NATIONAL 
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER. 

ONLY METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM WEATHER STATIONS THAT ARE 
RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
/NOAA/ AS OFFICIAL /INCLUDING CLIMATE REFERENCE NETWORK...HISTORICAL 
PRECIPITATION NETWORK...SURFACE OBSERVATION NETWORK AND COOPERATIVE 
OBSERVATION NETWORK STATIONS/ ARE CONSIDERED FOR STATE RECORDS.
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