879 SXUS99 KMLI 250200 RERMLI IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-250600- RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 800 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2002 ...NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN CEDAR RAPIDS... THE MERCURY REACHED 67 DEGREES AT THE CEDAR RAPIDS AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON AT 403 PM. THIS ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS MARK OF 66 DEGREES IN 1930. A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEPT THROUGH CEDAR RAPIDS EARLIER THIS EVENING. BY 8 PM...THE TEMPERATURE THERE HAD DROPPED TO 50 DEGREES. KINNEY