[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 4/27/02 5:42:42 PM

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The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.


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IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
541 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002

...DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS STILL POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING...

THERE REMAINS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 30...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 30.

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI WERE
RACING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA BETWEEN 7 PM CDT AND MIDNIGHT. AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP AS CURRENTLY
SUGGESTED...MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR AND STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL PRODUCE
AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
80...WITH THE THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR
LARGER...DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 70 MPH...AND POSSIBLY A FEW STRONG
TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
WASHINGTON...TO ALEDO AND PRINCETON. A TORNADO WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN
ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...THROUGH 8 PM...AND ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCHES
ARE LIKELY FURTHER EAST THIS EVENING. IF YOU LIVE SOUTH OF
A WASHINGTON...TO ALEDO AND PRINCETON LINE...YOU SHOULD REVIEW TORNADO
SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
CITIES...FAIRFIELD...BURLINGTON...KEOKUK...MACOMB...KAHOKA...MEMPHIS AND
MONMOUTH.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE CONFINED
MAINLY TO LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70
MPH OR POSSIBLY GREATER. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT
WITH THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION NEAR THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW FROM
NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS...TO MOUNT CARROLL.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING OVER MUCH
OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI.


MCCLURE

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