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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1215 PM CDT MON APR 15 2002

      ...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT MASON CITY...

AT 1209 CDT...THE TEMPERATURE AT MASON CITY REACHED 84 DEGREES. THIS 
SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL 15 AT MASON 
CITY...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 82 DEGREES SET WAY BACK IN 1896. 
THIS RECORD WILL LIKELY BE BROKEN AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES AS THE 
TEMPERATURES CONTINUES TO RISE DURING THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER 
STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE DAY IF OTHER DAILY RECORDS 
ARE SET IN CENTRAL IOWA.

MR