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SXUS99 KDSM 082126
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
425 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003
                                                                                
...RECORD WARMTH RETURNS TO IOWA...
                                                                                
A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OF WINDS THIS AFTERNOON HAS PUSHED
TEMPERATURES TO RECORD LEVELS OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN IOWA...BUT ONLY
ONE LOCATION HAS TIED THEIR DAILY RECORD.
                                                                                
CITY             NEW RECORD               OLD RECORD
MASON CITY       82 AT 137 PM  TIED       82 SET IN 1966
                                                                                
AT THIS TIME WATERLOO WAS JUST 1 DEGREE SHY OF TYING THEIR RECORDS.
                                                                                
OVER SOUTHERN IOWA THE RECORDS WERE MUCH HIGHER AND THE CURRENT
READINGS ARE WELL BELOW RECORD LEVELS AT DES MOINES...OTTUMWA AND
LAMONI.
                                                                                
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BARLOW/DMX/23