[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 4/5/02 5:01:39 AM

Fri, 05 Apr 2002 05:01:40 -0600

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
502 AM CST FRI APR 5 2002

...WARMER TODAY...

A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS
MORNING WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST TODAY AND ALLOW WARMER AIR TO
FLOW INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH CLOSER TO
EARLY APRIL NORMALS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. A WEAK COOL
FRONT WILL SETTLE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA BY EVENING. CLOUDS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS FEATURE MAY PRODUCE A FEW SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES OVER
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...OTHERWISE DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL.

DRY AND WARMER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE
WEEKEND. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME CLOUDY AND WET LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS A WAVE MOVES ALONG A STALLED FRONT
TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ON SUNDAY AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS AS MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO FLOWS INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL THE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY TIME FRAME.

EARLY INDICATIONS SHOW A POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM
THIS EVENT AS HIGH AS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST
TUESDAY. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WOULD CAUSE STREAMS AND RIVERS TO
RISE ACROSS THE REGION...AND POSSIBLY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING. WATCH FOR LATER UPDATES AND FORECASTS AS FORECASTERS
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

April 8, 2002:  Keokuk, IA, 2:00 p.m., and Fort Madison, IA, 7:00
p.m.

On Monday, April 8th, severe weather and tornado spotter training
will be conducted in Lee County, Iowa at two different locations -
at two different times. The first class will take place in Keokuk,
Iowa at the Keokuk Area Hospital (1600 Morgan Street), at 2:00 p.m.
This class is being co-sponsored by the Keokuk Area Hospital and Lee
County Emergency Management. The second class will take place in
Fort Madison, Iowa in Rolling Hall (2210 Avenue I), at 7:00 p.m.
This class is being co-sponsored by KHQA TV-7, Quincy, Illinois, and
Lee County Emergency Management. Both classes will be free and
should last about two hours. For additional information, contact
Lee County Emergency Manager, Frank Mohrfeld (or Kim) at (319)
372-4124, or e-mail at [email protected]. Media - please
promote and advertise these free classes as much as possible. Thank
you.

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