[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 4/30/02 4:01:01 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
400 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

...SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT A FEW SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON ILLINOIS
THROUGH BURLINGTON TO JUST SOUTH OF FAIRFIELD IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AND WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH THE STORM SYSTEM.  AREAS ALONG
AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH
TO AND INCH AND A HALF FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING.
RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...BUT IT COULD PROLONG THE MINOR FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING ALONG
THE LA-MOINE RIVER IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE RAIN COULD
ALSO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IN BANK RISES ON TRIBUTARIES IN NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS...AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN ITS DEVELOPING STAGES OVER THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES.  THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM IS
STILL IN QUESTION. THE MOST LIKELY TRACK WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST
MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  IF THE STORM TRACK SHIFTS TO THE
NORTH OR SOUTH...THEN THE SEVERE WEATHER AND AREA OF SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL WILL SHIFT ACCORDINGLY.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...
NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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