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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1144 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2010

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT SIOUX CITY IA...

THE RAINFALL TOTAL UP TO 11 PM AT THE SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT WAS 2.09 
INCHES. THIS EXCEEDS THE RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE 23RD OF AUGUST BY 
ONE HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.08 INCHES...SET
WAY BACK IN 1893. 

WITH MORE RAIN STILL IN THE FORECAST BEFORE THE DAY CLOSES...ANOTHER 
FINAL RECORD REPORT WILL BE SENT AFTER THE END OF THE CALENDAR DAY. 
 
THE 2.09 INCHES SO FAR TODAY BRINGS THE TOTAL FOR THE SUMMER SEASON 
UP TO 20.03 INCHES. THIS IS 12.32 INCHES ABOVE THE SUMMER NORMAL OF 
7.71 INCHES. THIS ALSO EXCEEDS THE 1983 RECORD SUMMER RAINFALL OF 
17.37 INCHES BY 2.66 INCHES...PUSHING THE NEW RECORD FOR THIS SUMMER 
EVEN HIGHER.

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