[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 4/18/02 12:27:02 PM

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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
1223 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON OVER
EASTERN IOWA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
FOUND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND INTERACTS WITH A MODERATELY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
AND EVOLVE INTO A LINE WHICH WILL THEN SWEEP ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREATS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH
ANY LOCALIZED ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS THROUGHOUT EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOUTH WINDS
SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL GUST TO NEAR 40 MPH.
DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING
ALONG EAST...WEST ROADS.

AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TONIGHT...MUCH COOLER AND UNSETTLED
WEATHER WILL MOVE IN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE
WEEKEND. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE UNDER THE THREAT OF RAIN THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO COOL OFF SHARPLY.
FRIDAY...LOWS WILL BE IN 50S WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MIDDLE 60S.
BY SATURDAY EXPECT MORNING LOWS IN THE 30S AND AFTERNOON HIGHS ONLY IN
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S.


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