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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
842 PM EST WED DEC 31 2003

...NEW YEARLY RAINFALL RECORD ESTABLISHED AT THE TRI-CITIES REGIONAL 
AIRPORT IN 2003...SMASHING THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1950...

THE RECORD FOR THE WETTEST YEAR EVER AT TRI-CITIES WAS BROKEN ON 
OCTOBER 14TH WHEN THE YEARLY TOTAL RAINFALL EXCEEDED 54.50 INCHES. 
THE LAST RAINFALL RECORDED IN 2003 AT TRI-CITIES WAS ON THE 30TH OF 
DECEMBER WHEN 0.27 OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL AND WHICH BROUGHT THE 
YEARLY TOTAL TO 65.65 INCHES. THE YEARLY TOTAL OF 65.65 INCHES IN 
2003, NOT ONLY ESTABLISHED A NEW YEARLY RAINFALL RECORD AT 
TRI-CITIES, IT ALSO SMASHED THE OLD RECORD BY A WHOPPING 11.15 
INCHES AND WAS 24.32 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 41.33 INCHES.

THE TOP TEN WETTEST YEARS AT TRI-CITIES FOLLOW:

YEAR    AMOUNT
2003    65.65 INCHES
1950    54.50
1982    51.78
1957    51.18
1972    51.17
1994    49.83
1996    49.64
1948    49.56
1942    48.40
1951    48.29


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