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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
800 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...NEW DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL SET IN ROCHESTER FOR MAY 2ND...

THROUGH 730 PM...THE OFFICIAL OBSERVER NEAR THE ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A TOTAL OF 13.9 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS
SHATTERS THE PREVIOUS DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THIS DATE...WHICH
WAS 0.7 INCHES SET BACK IN 1954.

IT IS STILL SNOWING IN ROCHESTER...THUS AN UPDATED RECORD REPORT FOR
MAY 2ND SNOWFALL WILL BE SENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RECORDS FOR ROCHESTER
MINNESOTA DATE BACK TO 1886.

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