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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
424 PM CDT MON APR 15 2002

           ...HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS SHATTERED ACROSS IOWA...

LOW PRESSURE WAS SITUATED FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO NORTHEAST INTO 
WESTERN MINNESOTA. THE STRONG COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW AHEAD OF THIS 
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS PUMPING VERY WARM AIR INTO THE REGION. 
ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON SEVERAL RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE 
BEEN BROKEN AND READINGS MAY RISE ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO BEFORE 
COOLING OFF THIS EVENING.

CITY            RECORD       TIME       OLD RECORD  DATE

DES MOINES        87         257 PM         86      1896

LAMONI            86         256 PM         83      1924

MASON CITY        91         302 PM         82      1896

OTTUMWA           89         232 PM         88      1896

WATERLOO          91         247 PM         84      1896   

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ADDITIONAL SITES

WEBSTER CITY      90                        87      1964

CARROLL           90                        85      1977

ATLANTIC          89                        84      1924

OSKALOOSA         87       TIED             87      1897  

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