740 
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RECORD EVENT REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
120 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2002


...RECORD SETTING TEMPERATURES...

AS OF 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON CEDAR RAPIDS HAD EXCEEDED THEIR RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURE AND BURLINGTON HAD TIED THEIR RECORD HIGH.  THE
1 PM TEMPERATURE AT CEDAR RAPIDS WAS 57 DEGREES WHICH SURPASSES
THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 56 SET IN 1944.  BURLINGTON WAS ALSO AT 57
DEGREES AT 1 PM...WHICH EQUALS THE RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE SET IN
1942.

IT IS STILL EARLY AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE.  A FINAL
RECORD REPORT WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH UPDATED
RECORD TEMPERATURES.

OTHER RECORD HIGHS IN JEOPARDY THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDE THE QUAD CITIES
RECORD OF 58 DEGREES SET IN 1944 AND EARLIER YEARS AND DUBUQUE'S
RECORD SETTING 58...ALSO SET IN 1944.