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RERMAF

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
848 PM CST FRI DEC 11 1998

...RECORD ONE MONTH SNOWFALL...SINGLE EVENT SNOWFALL...AND
24-HOUR SINGLE EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS BROKEN AT THE MIDLAND
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

WIDESPREAD SNOWS MOVED ACROSS WEST TEXAS TODAY BRINGING RECORD
BREAKING TOTALS TO MIDLAND.  AT 500 PM CST THE SNOWFALL ENDED
AND THE TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FOR THIS DAY STANDS AT 9.75
INCHES.

THIS TOTAL BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 9 INCHES FOR ONE MONTH SET IN
JANUARY 1985.  THE OLD 24-HOUR RECORD OF 6.8 INCHES RECORDED ON
JANUARY 23-24 OF 1974 WAS ALSO BROKEN.  IN ADDITION...THE SINGLE
EVENT TOTAL OF 7 INCHES WAS SURPASSED.

THE ANNUAL RECORD IS 13.9 INCHES SET IN THE WINTER OF 1946-1947.

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