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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
118 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2001

    ...RECORD TEMPERATURES BROKEN IN CENTRAL IOWA...

ONCE AGAIN...SUNNY SKIES AND SOUTHERLY WINDS PUSHED TEMPERATURES TO 
NEW RECORD LEVELS TODAY.

CITY               RECORD           PREVIOUS RECORD AND DATE
DES MOINES      62 AT 1259 PM            62 IN 1944 *TIED
LAMONI          59 AT  100 PM            57 IN 1947
MASON CITY      58 AT  104 PM            53 IN 1944
OTTUMWA         60 AT  105 PM            59 IN 1944
WATERLOO        60 AT  107 PM            56 IN 1944 

READINGS WILL 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