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SXUS99 KDSM 191835
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
135 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2003
                                                                                
...MID-SUMMERLIKE WEATHER ACROSS IOWA...
                                                                                
A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OF VERY WARM AIR WAS PUSHING TEMPERATURE
LEVELS UP TO RECORD LEVELS ALREADY...OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THE
MERCURY HAS ALREADY RISEN TO 88 DEGREES AT CARROLL WHICH ECLIPSES
THEIR PREVIOUS RECORD OF 84 DEGREES SET IN 1903. IN ESTHERVILLE THE
TEMPERATURE HAS RISEN TO 83 DEGREES WHICH TIES THEIR RECORD SET IN
1953. TEMPERATURES WERE WELL INTO THE 80S WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR
ALGONA SOUTH TO CHARITON AND SEVERAL LOCATIONS COULD SEE THEIR
RECORDS FOR THIS DATE TUMBLE.
                                                                                
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