988 
SXUS99 KMLI 180921
RERMLI
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-181700-

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
421 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2002

...FINAL REPORT...


...NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED AT BURLINGTON AND TIED AT
MOLINE...

...MORE RECORDS WILL FALL SATURDAY MAY 18TH...

THE TEMPERATURE IN MOLINE AND BURLINGTON FELL TO RECORD LEVELS SHORTLY
BEFORE MIDNIGHT.  MOLINE FELL TO 35 DEGREES...WHICH TIES THE RECORD LOW
SET BACK IN 1973.  BURLINGTON FELL TO 37 DEGREES...WHICH BREAKS THE
PREVIOUS RECORD LOW OF 38...SET BACK IN 1915.

MORE RECORDS WILL FALL MAY 18TH.  RECORD LOWS WILL LIKELY BE
ESTABLISHED AT SEVERAL EASTERN IOWA SITES.  MOLINE ILLINOIS HAS
ALREADY BROKEN THE RECORD LOW OF 37 DEGREES FOR MAY 18TH...JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

ERVIN