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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
0841 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...2013 VERSUS 2012 PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE NWS DES MOINES
FORECAST AREA...

THE FOLLOWING ARE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR THE FIRST 168 DAYS...OR
THROUGH JUNE 17...OF 2013...COMPARED WITH PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF
ALL OF 2012. THERE ARE 48 COUNTIES ACROSS THE DES MOINES FORECAST
AREA REPRESENTED BELOW. OF THOSE 48 COUNTIES...18 OF THEM HAVE
ALREADY EXCEEDED THEIR 2012 PRECIPITATION TOTALS IN 2013.

TO BRING SOME PERSPECTIVE...DES MOINES AVERAGES ABOUT 18 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FROM NOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR. IF DES MOINES
RECEIVES THAT 18 INCH AVERAGE...THE AREA WOULD END UP WITH OVER ONE
FOOT MORE OF PRECIPITATION IN 2013 THAN IN 2012.

LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME...DES MOINES HAD 14.15 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION.

THERE MAY BE LOCATIONS WITHIN A COUNTY THAT HAVE RECEIVED MORE
RAINFALL IN 2013 THAN 2012 WHICH ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE LIST
BELOW. THE VALUES BELOW ARE MEASURED BY NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS
AND AUTOMATED SYSTEMS. ALL OF THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE PRELIMINARY AND
UNOFFICIAL.

IOWA
LOCATION (COUNTY):       2013 PRECIP (IN)       2012 PRECIP (IN)

...ADAMS COUNTY...
CORNING.......................16.22..................24.44

...ADAIR COUNTY...
GREENFIELD....................18.80..................31.22

...APPANOOSE COUNTY...
RATHBUN DAM...................24.81..................22.31
CENTERVILLE...................24.63..................19.38

...AUDUBON COUNTY...
AUDUBON.......................17.12..................27.45

...BLACK HAWK COUNTY...
WATERLOO ASOS.................25.88..................24.07

...BOONE COUNTY...
BOONE.........................23.22..................25.35

...BREMER COUNTY...
TRIPOLI.......................25.27..................28.63

...BUTLER COUNTY...
ALLISON.......................21.83..................21.42
PARKERSBURG...................21.60..................21.89

...CALHOUN COUNTY...
ROCKWELL CITY.................20.08..................23.89

...CARROLL COUNTY...
CARROLL.......................19.55..................24.76

...CASS COUNTY...
MASSENA.......................18.21..................29.29
ATLANTIC 1NE..................15.62..................24.26

...CERRO GORDO COUNTY...
MASON CITY....................27.80..................23.04
MASON CITY ASOS...............25.30..................20.42

...CLARKE COUNTY...
OSCEOLA.......................17.03..................31.74

...CRAWFORD COUNTY...
DENISON.......................19.41..................23.28

...DALLAS COUNTY...
PERRY.........................19.83..................22.78

...DAVIS COUNTY...
BLOOMFIELD 1WNW...............23.87..................21.05

...DECATUR COUNTY...
LAMONI ASOS...................22.83..................33.40
LAMONI .......................22.71..................32.49

...EMMET COUNTY...
ESTHERVILLE 2N................14.25..................21.12
ESTHERVILLE ASOS..............14.18..................18.38

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
HAMPTON.......................25.09..................24.37

...GREENE COUNTY...
JEFFERSON.....................23.71..................23.09

...GRUNDY COUNTY...
CONRAD........................27.98..................20.08
GRUNDY CENTER.................26.53..................21.90

...GUTHRIE COUNTY...
GUTHRIE CENTER................23.96..................25.01

...HAMILTON COUNTY...
WEBSTER CITY..................22.50..................25.28
JEWELL........................19.39..................24.33

...HANCOCK COUNTY...
KANAWHA.......................24.27..................21.19
BRITT.........................22.04..................16.96
FOREST CITY...................20.46..................19.11

...HARDIN COUNTY...
ELDORA........................27.28..................24.04
IOWA FALLS....................25.86..................25.59
STEAMBOAT ROCK................22.10..................22.28

...JASPER COUNTY...
NEWTON........................23.37..................23.40

...KOSSUTH COUNTY...
SWEA CITY.....................21.38..................20.14
ALGONA 3W.....................21.25..................23.41

...MADISON COUNTY...
WINTERSET 1N..................18.82..................26.24

...MAHASKA COUNTY...
OSKALOOSA.....................21.75..................24.68

...MARION COUNTY...
PELLA 1S......................25.09..................27.28
KNOXVILLE.....................23.00..................25.13

...MARSHALL COUNTY...
MARSHALLTOWN..................28.82..................23.56
GILMAN........................26.69..................25.18

...MONROE COUNTY...
ALBIA 3NNE....................24.25..................27.17

...PALO ALTO COUNTY...
EMMETSBURG....................24.19..................26.34

...POCAHONTAS COUNTY...
POCAHONTAS....................19.68..................26.75

...POLK COUNTY...
DES MOINES WFO................22.80..................27.60
DES MOINES ASOS...............20.60..................26.29

...POWESHIEK COUNTY...
GRINNELL 3SW..................31.89..................26.72
MONTEZUMA 1W..................26.87..................27.17
BROOKLYN......................24.76..................24.82

...RINGGOLD COUNTY...
BEACONSFIELD..................22.77..................25.16
MOUNT AYR.....................19.06..................29.51

...SAC COUNTY...
SAC...........................15.89..................23.64

...STORY COUNTY...
ZEARING.......................28.02..................23.14
AMES 5SE......................25.08..................25.31
AMES ASOS.....................23.79..................25.89

...TAMA COUNTY...
TOLEDO 3N.....................28.23..................21.62
CLUTIER.......................27.08..................23.23

...TAYLOR COUNTY...
BEDFORD.......................23.37..................33.70

...WAPELLO COUNTY...
OTTUMWA ASOS..................25.39..................27.12

...WARREN COUNTY...
INDIANOLA 2W..................22.90..................22.87

...WEBSTER COUNTY...
FORT DODGE 5NNW...............18.11..................18.76

...WINNEBAGO COUNTY...
LAKE MILLS....................27.14..................22.53

...WORTH COUNTY...
NORTHWOOD.....................24.88..................20.58

...WRIGHT COUNTY...
CLARION.......................13.25..................17.44

...UNION COUNTY...
LORIMOR.......................17.85..................25.68
CRESTON 2SW...................17.52..................27.63

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