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        RECORD REPORT 
        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
        500 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2000

        ...RECORD HIGHS RECORDED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF THE VIRGINIAS
           FOR FEBRUARY 25...

        TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO NEW RECORD HIGHS FOR FEBRUARY 25. AT 
        BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA THE MERCURY REACHED 68 DEGREES WHICH PASSED 
        THE OLD RECORD OF 67 DEGREES...THAT WAS SET IN 1996. WHILE OVER IN 
        VIRGINIA...AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BLACKSBURG, THE
        TEMPERATURE REACHED 73 DEGREES...THE OLD RECORD WAS 71 DEGREES IN
        IN 1985. AT ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 78 
        DEGREES...WHICH DESTROYED THE OLD RECORD OF 73 DEGREES SET IN 1996.

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