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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
448 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

...NEW RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT SIOUX CITY...

AS OF 4 PM CDT...THE TODAY RAINFALL AT THE SIOUX CITY GATEWAY
AIRPORT WAS 1.43 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
1.20 INCHES...SET BACK IN 1920. WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS OF 0.90 INCH ON
THE 10TH...AND 0.98 INCH ON THE 5TH...ALL DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL
RECORDS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY ARE MORE THAN 1.00 INCH. THE GREATEST
IS 3.38 INCHES...SET WAY BACK IN 1892...ON THE 17TH OF MAY.

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