SXUS74 KLIX 260800 RERNEW RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 0121 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT NEW ORLEANS... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.9 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT NEW ORLEANS YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.67 SET IN 1987. $$