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SXUS99 KFSD 211911
RERFSD

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
210 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2004

...SPENCER IOWA RECORDS WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD...

THE TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED AT SPENCER IOWA SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
SEPTEMBER 2004 HAS BEEN 12.44 INCHES...THROUGH 200 PM CDT ON THE
21ST. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD FOR THE MOST RAINFALL IN THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER...AS WELL AS THE MOST RAINFALL RECORDED IN ANY MONTH ON
RECORD.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE WETTEST MONTHS ON RECORD AT SPENCER...

12.44 INCHES IN SEPTEMBER 2004 (THROUGH 200 PM CDT ON THE 21ST)
12.13 INCHES IN AUGUST 1975
12.00 INCHES IN SEPTEMBER 1938
11.40 INCHES IN MAY 1959
10.11 INCHES IN JULY 1987

MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH WILL BE ADDING
TO THE RECORD TOTALS.

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GILLISPIE