[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 4/1/02 5:41:21 AM

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The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.


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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
542 AM CST MON APR 1 2002

...SOME APRIL FOOLS DAY SNOW...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...
BRINGING A ROUND OF PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE AREA.  GENERALLY
ALONG AN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS
SNOW...AND BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN BEFORE BECOMING ALL
RAIN BY AFTERNOON.  BETWEEN HIGHWAY 34 AND INTERSTATE 80...EXPECT
SOME RAIN THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.  SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...THERE SHOULD
BE ONLY A FEW SPRINKLES THIS MORNING.  TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE
GREATLY ACROSS THE AREA...WITH HIGHS NEAR 70 ALONG THE IOWA AND
MISSOURI BORDER...TO HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S FOR NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS. STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR SOUTHERN IOWA...
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WESTERN ILLINOIS TODAY.

TODAYS PRECIPITATION IS THE BEGINNING OF A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED
WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  THIS EVENING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...
CAUSING MORE SHOWERS...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG AND
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.  THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH...CAUSING
WINDS TO TURN NORTHWEST AND PUSH IN MUCH COLDER AIR.  BY TUESDAY THE
RAIN WILL BECOME MORE STEADY...BUT THE COLDER AIR MOVING IN WILL TURN
IT TO ALL SNOW BY THE END OF THE DAY.  SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY.  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TUESDAY
SHOULD BE LIGHT...LESS THAN AN INCH IN ANY LOCATION...AND SHOULD MELT
QUICKLY DUE TO WARM SOIL TEMPERATURES.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

April 1, 2002:  Fairfield, IA, 7:00 p.m.

On Monday, April 1, severe weather and tornado spotter training will
be conducted in Fairfield, Iowa (Jefferson County) at the Public
Library at 7:00 p.m. This class will be free, and should last about
2 hours. For additional information, contact the Jefferson County
Sheriffs Department at (641) 472-4146.  Media - please promote and
advertise this free class as much as possible. Thank you.

April 2, 2002:  Fairfield, IA, 9:00 a.m.

On Tuesday, April 2, a second severe weather and tornado spotter
training session will be conducted in Fairfield, Iowa (Jefferson
County) at the Public Library at 9:00 a.m. Additional information
same as above.

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