[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/4/02 9:49:00 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
951 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2002

...HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
ALONG AND NORTH OF A FRONTAL ZONE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST IOWA.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S
AND PRECIPITABLE WATER IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. A LOW LEVEL JET
WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIFT OVER THE FRONTAL ZONE TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34...AND WILL MOVE OVER SOME OF THE SAME AREAS REPEATEDLY.
THUS...VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 34...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY
ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
BUT ANY REPORTS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS...WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER...AND
HAIL WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

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