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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
900 AM CST THU APR 4 2002


        ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ESTABLISHED...

IT WAS A RATHER CHILLY MORNING ACROSS IOWA. HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR 
WEST...ALONG WITH LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES ALLOWED TEMPERATURES 
TO PLUMMET TO NEW RECORD LOWS AT A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS THIS MORNING.

CITY                NEW LOW         PREVIOUS RECORD  DATE

OTTUMWA                15                  16        1975

LAMONI                 19                  21        1955  

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AT DES MOINES AND MASON CITY WE WERE WITHIN 3 OR 4 DEGREES OF OUR 
RESPECTIVE RECORDS.

BARLOW