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last year, he noted. Even including 2.18 inches resulting from the first pelting of last year’s record snow storm, the total precipitation through February 1-14, 1983 was 4.92 inches, Wingfield said. There was 5.21 inches of precipitation dur-, ingall of February, 1983. As of February 14, there had been 5.33 so far this year.
The rain started in Sperryville around eight o’clock Monday evening, Wingfield observed. Earlier there had been a slight drizzle. By 10:15 p.m., he could measure .30 inch in his rain gauge. ~ Meanwhile, worried parents waited on the north side of the bridge near the Child Care and Learning Center Tuesday noon wondering how they would get their children home. They watched while good neighbors with a tractor pulled a marooned car off the bridge. The water was above the windows. It poured out the open door as the tractor tugged the car from the rising tide.
Sursum Corda staff cars were able to convey the chil(Continued
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