SXUS99 KRNK 082232
            RERRNK
            RECORD REPORT 
            NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
            530 PM EST WED MAR 8 2000

            ...NEW RECORD HIGHS FOR LYNCHBURG...ROANOKE...BLACKSBURG AND 
            BLUEFIELD...

            AT LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 84 DEGREES THIS 
            AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 82 DEGREES FOR THIS 
            DATE SET IN 1974. IN ADDITION...THE 84 DEGREES IS THE WARMEST HIGH 
            TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED SO EARLY IN THE YEAR.

            AT ROANOKE VIRGINIA...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 83 DEGREES THIS 
            AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 81 DEGREES FOR THIS 
            DATE SET IN 1974.

            AT BLACKSBURG VIRGINIA...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 79 DEGREES THIS 
            AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 75 DEGREES FOR THIS 
            DATE SET IN 1994.

            AT BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 77 DEGREES THIS 
            AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 73 DEGREES FOR THIS 
            DATE SET IN 1974.

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            ABUS34 KAKQ 082149
            PNSAKQ
            PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
            NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
            450 PM EST WED MAR 8 2000

            ...RECORD HIGHS TIED OR BROKEN ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...

            AT RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /KRIC/ THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY 
            REACHED 85 DEGREES AT 333 PM...WHICH BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 84 
            DEGREES ESTABLISHED IN 1974.

            AT NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /KORF/ THE HIGH TODAY REACHED 82 
            DEGREES AT 350 PM WHICH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 80...SET BACK IN 
            1994.

            IN SALISBURY MD /KSBY/ THE HIGH TODAY REACHED 81 DEGREES AT 100 PM. 
            THIS SHATTERED THE OLD RECORD OF 74 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1994.

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              SXUS99 KRIC 082030
              RERRIC
              RECORD EVENT REPORT
              NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
              330 PM EST WED MAR 8 2000

              ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT RICHMOND...

              AT 300 PM EST...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL 
              AIRPORT REACHED 84 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE 
              SET 1974.