000 SXUS74 KBMX 112039 RERBHM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 0336 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT BIRMINGHAM... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.54 INCH WAS SET AT BIRMINGHAM TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.28 SET IN 1996. $$