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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
610 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

...NEW IOWA STATE RECORD FOR MAY SNOWFALL SET AT OSAGE IOWA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE IOWA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST HAS 
RECENTLY CONFIRMED THAT THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NEAR OSAGE IOWA SET 
A NEW STATE RECORD FOR BOTH MAY 2-DAY SNOW TOTAL AND MAY SNOWFALL.

FROM MAY 2 THROUGH MAY 3RD...THE OSAGE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER MEASURED 
13.0 INCHES OF SNOW.  THIS SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS 2-DAY MAY SNOWFALL 
RECORD OF 10 INCHES SET IN LE MARS IOWA ON MAY 28 1947.

DURING THE MONTH OF MAY...THE OSAGE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER MEASURED 
13.0 INCHES OF SNOW.  THIS SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 
10 INCHES SET IN LE MARS IOWA DURING MAY OF 1947.

DURING THIS SAME SNOW STORM...11 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN BRITT AND 
FOREST CITY 2NNE ON MAY 2 2013.  THIS ESTABLISHED A NEW 1-DAY MAY 
SNOWFALL.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 10 INCHES SET IN LE MARS IOWA ON 
MAY 28 1947.

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BOYNE/HILLAKER