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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
702 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL SET AT THE
MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER OFFICE TODAY...

THE LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION AS OF 7 PM THIS EVENING
WAS 1.02 INCHES AT THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
LOCATED IN NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS MAXIMUM
PRECIPITATION FOR THIS DATE OF 0.5 INCHES SET IN 1978.

THE SNOWFALL TODAY WAS 7.5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 7 PM THIS EVENING.
THIS BROKE THE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD OF 7.2 INCHES SET IN 1976. AS
IT CONTINUES TO SNOW...BOTH DAILY TOTALS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
AND ANOTHER RECORD REPORT WILL BE SENT OUT WITH THE DAILY TOTALS
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
LOCATED IN NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP DATE BACK TO 1961.

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