[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 4/19/02 5:01:23 AM

Fri, 19 Apr 2002 05:01:23 -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
502 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

...ACTIVE WEATHER TO CONTINUE BUT NO SEVERE...

A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
TODAY PROVIDING A FOCUS TO CONTINUE ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION.
THE NEARNESS OF THE FRONT...COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES AND A LOW LEVEL JET...WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIFT TO
GENERATE SCATTERED RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
HOWEVER DUE TO A LACK OF WARM AIR AND WIND SHEAR...ANY STORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP WILL NOT BE SEVERE.

A MORE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS ON SATURDAY.  THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO PASS JUST
SOUTH OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVE UP THE OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY.
COLDER AIR PULLED SOUTH INTO THE STORM SATURDAY NIGHT IS EXPECTED TO
ALLOW THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
30. DOWN TO THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...A RAIN AND SNOW MIX IS
EXPECTED.

THIS SITUATION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BEARS CLOSE WATCHING. THE
POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION NORTH OF A BELLE PLAINE TO
MILLEDGEVILLE LINE. HOWEVER IF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER NORTH
THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED...THE PRECIPITATION WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF
JUST RAIN.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS...HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...AND GARDENERS ARE URGED TO
LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS REGARDING THIS LATE WEEKEND STORM SYSTEM.

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