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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
543 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2013

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT DES MOINES IA...

AS OF 500 PM...A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 1.7 INCHES HAD FALLEN AT DES
MOINES IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF TRACE SET IN 1976.

THE 1.7 INCHES OF SNOW ALSO IS THE HIGHEST SINGLE DAY MAY SNOW TOTAL
FOR DES MOINES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.2 INCHES SET ON MAY 3
1907.

THIS IS ALSO THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF SNOW EVER RECEIVED IN THE MONTH
OF MAY FOR DES MOINES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.3 INCHES SET DURING
MAY OF 1907.

ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...AND THIS STATEMENT WILL
BE UPDATED IF THIS AMOUNT INCREASES.

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