773 SXUS99 KDSM 172117 RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 315 PM CST MON MAR 17 2003 ...NEW RECORD HIGH AT WATERLOO... AS OF 3 PM... THE TEMPERATURE AT WATERLOO HAD REACHED 78 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD FOR MARCH 17TH AT WATERLOO. THE OLD RECORD WAS 77 DEGREES...SET WAY BACK IN 1930. MR $$