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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1247 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010

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

 A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 4.3 INCHES WAS SET AT DES MOINES IA YESTERDAY. 
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 3 SET IN 1940.

AS A SIDE NOTE...DES MOINES CONTINUES TO CLOSE IN ON THE ALL-TIME 
RECORD SEASONAL SNOWFALL OF 72.0 INCHES SET IN 1911-12.  AS OF 
MIDNIGHT THE EVENING OF THE 19TH...SEASONAL SNOWFALL AT THE DES 
MOINES AIRPORT STOOD AT 62.3 INCHES.  

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