[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/1/02 5:20:19 AM

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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
522 AM CDT THU AUG 1 2002

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.  THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THROUGH
THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.  THE AIR
MASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB
INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
70S. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP CLOSE TO THE FRONT
BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHIFT SOUTHEAST JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS
NORTHWEST OF A FREEPORT...CLINTON...IOWA CITY LINE.  THE THREAT WILL
SHIFT SOUTH INTO THE STERLING ROCK FALLS...QUAD CITIES AND FAIRFIELD
AREAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.  FURTHER SOUTH THROUGH MEMPHIS...
BURLINGTON AND MACOMB...THE MAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BE
DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THE HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PUSH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TO NEAR THE DANGEROUS
LEVEL ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.   HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO
CLIMB INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.

DLF

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