[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 4/7/02 5:00:48 AM

Sun, 07 Apr 2002 05:00:49 -0500

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
500 AM CDT SUN APR 7 2002

...SIGNIFICANT RAIN TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...

PERIODS OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS EASTERN
IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AS AN UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. A DEEP
SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL TRANSPORT MOISTURE FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO NORTHWARD INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. SHOWERS WILL
DEVELOP AS WAVES OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY FLOW NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA
AND ILLINOIS AND LIFT THIS MOIST AIRMASS.

THE FIRST ROUND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST OUT
OF THE AREA BY MID MORNING...WITH THE NEXT TO FOLLOW BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WITH THE
INITIAL ROUND THIS MORNING...AND THESE WILL BE MOST LIKELY WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL BE LESS
FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE
AREA.

RAIN WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AS THE
WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WITH
ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE...COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST RAINFALL TOTALS
AS HIGH AS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IT STILL APPEARS THAT
THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
FAIRFIELD IOWA TO FREEPORT ILLINOIS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE
RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE...AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN LOCALIZED MINOR
FLOODING.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN WESTERN ILLINOIS. CONDITIONS
WILL NOT BE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING OR MONDAY TO
BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT
ANTICIPATED TODAY OR MONDAY.

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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