720 SXUS74 KLCH 110832 RERAEX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 332 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2018 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT ALEXANDRIA... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.44 INCHES WAS SET AT ALEXANDRIA YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.42 INCHES SET IN 1982. $$