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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
140 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

...PRELIMINARY REPORT...

...NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ESTABLISHED AT MOLINE AND BURLINGTON...

SO FAR...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT MOLINE...ILLINOIS TODAY HAS REACHED 89
DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87...SET IN
1985.

SO FAR...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT BURLINGTON...IOWA TODAY HAS REACHED 87
DEGREES. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87...SET IN
1985.

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE THESE RECORD LEVELS THIS
AFTERNOON.  EXPECT A FINAL RECORD REPORT TO BE ISSUED LATER THIS
EVENING.

OTHER RECORDS IN JEOPARDY THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDE...

CEDAR RAPIDS...RECORD HIGH OF 90...SET IN 1994.
DUBUQUE...RECORD HIGH OF 86...SET IN 1985.

MOLINE ILLINOIS...RECORD WARM LOW TEMP OF 66...SET IN 1985.

MOLINE ILLINOIS...RECORD WARM LOW TEMP OF 66...SET IN 1985.

THE TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING IN MOLINE ONLY FELL TO 69
DEGREES...IF TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE 66 DEGREES THROUGH 1 AM CDT...
THIS WILL SET A RECORD.

ERVIN