000 SXUS74 KHUN 192241 RERHSV RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 540 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ...NEW PRECIPITATION RECORD FOR OCTOBER 19TH IN HUNTSVILLE... THANKS TO PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THE HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED 2.78 INCHES OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 19TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.42 INCHES SET IN 1897. THIS MAY BE UPDATED DUE TO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TONIGHT. $$ 88