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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
212 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...INCREDIBLE ONE DAY WARM-UPS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS...

COLD HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON THE MORNING
OF MONDAY MAY 13 RESULTED IN NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES AT
BURLINGTON...DAVENPORT...DUBUQUE...IOWA CITY...AND MOLINE...WITH A
NEW RECORD LOW OF 34 DEGREES AT CEDAR RAPIDS.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD
LOW AT CEDAR RAPIDS FOR MAY 13 WAS 34 DEGREES SET IN 1997.

A WARM FRONT LIFTED THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON MAY 13...
ALLOWING WARMER AIR TO BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR TUESDAY MAY 14.

NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED DURING THE AFTERNOON OF
TUESDAY MAY 14 AT BURLINGTON...DAVENPORT...DUBUQUE...IOWA CITY AND
MOLINE...WITH A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES AT CEDAR RAPIDS.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH AT CEDAR RAPIDS FOR MAY 14 WAS 93 DEGREES
SET IN 1932.


BELOW IS A LIST OF THE 36 HOUR TEMPERATURE CHANGE...THE MAY 13
MORNING LOWS...AND MAY 14 AFTERNOON HIGHS.


SITE              DIFF      LOW       HIGH
                            5/13      5/14

CEDAR RAPIDS       60        34        94
IOWA CITY          59        34 COR    93
MOLINE             58        32        90
DUBUQUE            58        32        90
DAVENPORT          57        35        92
BURLINGTON         52        37        89

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COR= CORRECTED

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