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AWCN14 CWNT 220020
SUMMARY WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6:20 PM MDT
SATURDAY 21 JULY 2007.
SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS AND FORECASTS FROM 8.00 AM MDT
FRIDAY TO 8.00 AM MDT SATURDAY.
..RECORD DAILY RAINFALL IN KUGLUKTUK..
A LOW PRESSURE CENTER DEVELOPED NEAR FORT LIARD FRIDAY SLOWLY TRACKED
TO THE NORTHEAST SETTLING OVER VICTORIA ISLAND LATE IN THE DAY
SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW DEVELOPED LATE FRIDAY
AND PERSISTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WAS
MEASURED AT 178.2 MILLIMETRES.
THIS IS A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL FOR KUGLUKTUK. THE PREVIOUS RECORD
WAS SET ON AUGUST 12, 1982 WHEN 53.7 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FELL.
THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO PREVIOUS DAILY RAINFALL EVENTS IN KUGLUKTUK
WHERE 40 MILLIMETRES OR MORE WERE RECORDED. THE OTHER EVENT WAS ON
AUGUST 2, 2003 WHEN 40.0 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN OCCURRED IN KUGLUKTUK.
RECORDS FOR KUGLUKTUK ORIGINATED IN 1977.
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