[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 4/19/02 3:55:45 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
350 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

...MUCH COOLER...RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...

A LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL PUSH
VERY COOL AIR INTO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.  WEAK LOW PRESSURE
NOW DEVELOPING OVER SW MISSOURI WILL TRAVEL ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND MAY PRODUCE SOME LIGHT RAIN ALONG AND
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34
TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.

A MORE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO PASS SOUTH OF
THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVE UP THE OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY.  THIS
STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TO LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.  SATURDAY NIGHT...AS THE COLDER AIR IS PULLED
SOUTH INTO THE STORM...WHEN THE RAIN BEGINS TOWARD LATE EVENING...IT IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.
NEAR THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS
EXPECTED.

THIS SITUATION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BEARS CLOSE WATCHING. AT THIS
TIME...DESPITE THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...THE
HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERAL INCHES OF WET SNOW THAT COULD
STICK ON GRASSY AND EXPOSED SURFACES.  ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...
SOME MINOR WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED AND GRASSY SURFACES. ALONG
INTERSTATE 80...THE MIXTURE OF RAIN AND WET SNOW AND OUR WARM SURFACES
SHOULD RESULT IN LITTLE OR NO SNOW AMOUNTS.

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

NICHOLS/MCCLURE