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RERDSM

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
158 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2001

             ...RECORD TEMPERATURE SET AT WATERLOO...

SUNNY SKIES AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PUSHED TEMPERATURESAT 
WATERLOO TO NEW RECORD HIGH.

CITY               RECORD         PREVIOUS RECORD AND DATE
WATERLOO        61 AT 140 PM            60 IN 1944 


...THE FOLLOWING STILL HAVE A FEW DEGREES TO GO...

                   CURRENT                RECORD 
DES MOINES      59 AT 142 PM            61 IN 1944
LAMONI          57 AT 143 PM            58 IN 1981
OTTUMWA         56 AT 144 PM            60 IN 1981
MASON CITY      53 AT 144 PM            62 IN 1944


READINGS MAY CLIMB EVEN HIGHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A 
COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW RECORDS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON IF TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE.

SJT