RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 648 AM PDT THU AUG 23 2012 ...THREE DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORDS SET OR TIED WEDNESDAY... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.65 INCHES WAS SET AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN LAS VEGAS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22. THIS TOTAL EASILY BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.23 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH SET IN 1949. AT THE BISHOP CALIFORNIA AIRPORT...0.07 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 0.05 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...ALSO SET IN 1949. THE KINGMAN ARIZONA AIRPORT RECORDED 0.80 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22. THIS EIGHT TENTHS OF AN INCH TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD LAST SET WAY BACK IN 1904. THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINAL REVIEW BEFORE BEING CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER. $$ STUMPF/FUIS