Subj:	 RECORD REPORTRECORD REPORTRECORD REPORT
Date:	99-01-30 11:05:23 EST
From:	sandyt@ascent.net (sandra twang)
To:	Phikent@aol.com (kent Steadmen)

999
SXUS99 KSHV 300808
RERSHV


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
205 AM CST SAT JAN 30 1999

FOLLOWING TWO DAYS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS A NEW MONTHLY RAINFALL
RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED FOR JANUARY AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL
AIRPORT. THE RAINFALL TOTAL FOR JANUARY THROUGH 2 AM SATURDAY WAS
12.54 INCHES. WITH RAIN ONGOING AND MORE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING
THIS TOTAL WILL BE REVISED.

LOCATION            OLD RECORD     NEW RECORD        YEARS OF DATA
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SHREVEPORT LA     12.11 IN 1885  12.54 IN 1999   RECORDS SINCE 1871
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ELSEWHERE IT WAS QUITE SOGGY AS WELL...HOWEVER LUFKIN TEXAS WITH 8.91
INCHES OF RAIN THIS MONTH WAS THE ONLY STATION APPROACHING A RECORD.

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http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/text/severe/records/013008.Shreveport_LA