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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
820 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2006

...GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR AT THE ALBUQUERQUE 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

A LOCALIZED THUNDERSTORM DRIFTED WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE OF 
ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY EVENING GENERATING 0.74 INCHES OF RAINFALL AS
MEASURED AT THE OFFICIAL AIRPORT RAIN GAGE.

THE 0.74 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS...BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM...
EXCEEDED THE 2006 RAINFALL RECEIVED UP TO YESTERDAY AT THE AIRPORT.
THE 2006 YEARLY TOTAL THROUGH JUNE 28TH WAS 0.71 INCHES.

THE RECORD DAILY RAINFALL FOR JUNE 28 AT THE AIRPORT IS 0.93 INCHES 
SET IN 1978.

THIS IS THE THIRD DAY OF THE PAST FOUR IN WHICH SOME PARTS OF THE 
METRO ALBUQUERQUE AREA HAS RECEIVED MEASURABLE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.

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