they issued a Record Event Report
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cypresstx on 1/25/2016, 4:24 am
https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201601250549-KLWX-SXUS71-RERIAD
000 SXUS71 KLWX 250549 RERIAD
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1249 AM EST MON JAN 25 2016
...RECORD MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES AIRPORT...
THE SNOW DEPTH RECORDED AT 7 AM EST (12 UTC) ON SUNDAY JANUARY 24TH 2016 WAS 28 INCHES AT THE WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR WASHINGTON DC. THIS SETS AN ALL-TIME RECORD FOR THE 7 AM EST SNOW DEPTH READING AT WASHINGTON DULLES. THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME RECORD WAS 26 INCHES SET ON FEBRUARY 10 2010.
SNOW DEPTH READINGS ARE TAKEN EVERY 6 HOURS BUT CLIMATE RECORDS FOR FIRST-ORDER SITES USE THE 7 AM READING FOR THE DAILY SUMMARY. A SLIGHTLY HIGHER READING OF 29 INCHES WAS RECORDED AT 1 AM EST ON JANUARY 24TH...BUT SOME SETTLING OCCURRED BY 7 AM.
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