[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/4/02 4:53:02 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
455 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2002

GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL SAG ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING...FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...BUT NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH
INTENSE LIGHTNING...BUT NO LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED.
 TODAYS THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRAINING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED
ACROSS IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST ALONG THE FRONT...THE FRONT WAS SAGGING TO THE SOUTH.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS...
BUT REDEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY MORNING...THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL
STRENGTHEN...ONCE AGAIN HELPING TO FORM A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX ACROSS
WEST AND SOUTH IOWA.  THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ONCE AGAIN MOVE EAST ALONG
THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WHICH IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT ALONG AND SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 34.  AGAIN...SUNDAY NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO BE SEVERE...BUT HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL BE THE
PRIMARY CONCERNS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT ALL
REPORTS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS...WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER...AND
ANY HAIL REPORTS...ARE ALWAYS MUCH APPRECIATED FROM OUR SPOTTER
NETWORK.

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MEYER

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