[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 4/8/02 4:59:33 AM

Mon, 08 Apr 2002 04:59:35 -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
457 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002

...MORE RAIN TODAY...

WIDESPREAD FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON OVER THE
OUTLOOK AREA AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES BY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND A COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH FROM THE NORTHWEST. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE
CIRCULATION AROUND THIS SURFACE LOW...ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
SHORTWAVE...WILL PRODUCE THE WIDESPREAD RAIN AS IT LIFTS THE MOISTURE
RICH AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND FAR
NORTHEAST MISSOURI. RAINFALL WILL BE MAINLY IN THE RANGE OF 1/4 TO 1/2
INCH ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT.

A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER MAY ACCOMPANY THE RAIN...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT
ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

Today:  Keokuk, IA, 2:00 p.m., and Fort Madison, IA, 7:00 p.m.

Today, 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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