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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
120 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2002

...NEW DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION SET FOR JANUARY 31ST...

THE WINTER STORM WHICH PLAGUED MUCH OF IOWA ON THURSDAY HELPED BREAK 
SNOWFALL AND LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION RECORDS IN DES MOINES 
AND WATERLOO. 

FOR DES MOINES...LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY WAS 
0.48 INCHES.  THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.47 INCHES SET ON THE 
LAST DAY OF JANUARY BACK IN 1931.  THE 6.0 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL 
ALSO BREAKS THE RECORD OF 4.3 INCHES OF SNOW SET BACK IN 1908.

FOR WATERLOO...THE LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION OF 0.36 INCHES ON 
THURSDAY BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.35 INCHES SET BACK IN 1915.  THE 
SNOWFALL OF 4.2 INCHES EXCEEDS THE RECORD OF 2.6 INCHES SET BACK IN 
1965.

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