[STORMREPORTS] More Record Highs Across South

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 20:18:55 EST


More incredible record-breaking highs today in the South, see text below.

Records from TWC:

http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/severeusnational/usrecordhightemps_large.html
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/severeusnational/usmorerecordhightemps_large.html

>Record High/Low/Precip Report
>525 PM EST Thu Jan 31 2002
>
>...New record highs in Virginia and West Virginia...
>
>For the third consecutive day...high temperature records were broken
>in southwestern Virginia...and southeastern West Virginia.
>
>A cold front dropped down from the north today...the leading edge of
>which passed through Roanoke and Lynchburg...but never reached
>Blacksburg or Bluefield.
>
>Consequently...Blacksburg Virginia set a new high temperature record
>for the date of 73 degrees...which was 11 degrees above the old
>record of 62...set in 1969.
>
>Bluefield West Virginia reached a high of 71 degrees today...which
>was also 11 degrees above the old record of 60...set in 1988.
>
>Roanoke and Lynchburg remained unseasonably warm today...but did not
>set records...reaching highs of only 66 and 61 respectively.
>
>The recent spell of Summer like weather will end tomorrow when a
>cold front moves through the area.
>

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Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - jesse{at}weathermatrix.net
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