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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1240 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2001

             ...RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE TUMBLING ACROSS IOWA...

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 
40 WERE PUSHING TEMPERATURES BACK UP TO RECORD LEVELS ONCE AGAIN 
THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ASSAULT ON THE RECORD BOOKS APPEARS TO BE IN 
STORE FOR MUCH OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. EARLIER A NEW RECORD HIGH WAS 
ESTABLISHED AT WATERLOO AND EVEN THAT LOFT 55 DEGREE RECORD HAS 
ALREADY BEEN ECLIPSED AS THE MERCURY HAS RISEN TO 57 DEGREES. THE 
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT WEBSTER CITY WAS TIED AROUND NOONTIME AS 
THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 52 WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN 1989.

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RECORDS WILL FOLLOW THIS AFTERNOON AS 
HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 3 TO 4. 

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