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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
341 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT THE FRESNO...MADERA...MERCED
AND HANFORD AIRPORTS...

A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT RECORD DAILY RAINFALL TO
PORTIONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY ON FRIDAY.

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.62 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT FRESNO CA YESTERDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.50 SET IN 1982.

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.51 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT MERCED CA YESTERDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.21 SET IN 1998.

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.15 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT MADERA CA AIRPORT
YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.28 SET IN 1998.

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.06 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT HANFORD CA YESTERDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.05 SET IN 2002.

* THE AUTOMATED STATIONS AT THE HANFORD...MADERA AND MERCED
  AIRPORTS ARE NOT THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE SITES FOR THEIR
  RESPECTIVE CITIES. RECORDS AT THESE AIRPORTS ONLY DATE BACK
  TO THE COMMISSIONING OF THE AUTOMATED STATIONS IN 1998
  /HANFORD IN FEBRUARY AND MADERA AND MERCED IN SEPTEMBER/...
  THE AIRPORT READINGS SHOULD NOT BE USED AS THE OFFICIAL
  RECORDS FOR THESE CITIES.

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