[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/5/02 5:21:57 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
525 AM CDT MON AUG 5 2002

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TO RUMBLE ON THROUGH TODAY...

A STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH EAST CENTRAL
IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. SEVERAL
WAVES MOVING EAST ALONG THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE ROUNDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE FIRST MOVING THROUGH JUST BEFORE SUNRISE
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...AND THEN ANOTHER EXPECTED BY MID
MORNING.

WIDESPREAD SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S OVER THE REGION...ALONG
WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 2 INCHES...WILL PROVIDE ABUNDANT
MOISTURE TO FUEL THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE STORMS TRACK OVER THE SAME
AREAS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS
IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3
INCHES.

ATMOSPHERIC WIND AND TEMPERATURE PROFILES WILL NOT BE FAVORABLE FOR
STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER...SOME COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO
30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING WILL BE GREATEST NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80. BY AFTERNOON...THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN POTENTIAL WILL
BE MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS THROUGH CLINTON
IOWA...TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS. RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR TODAY MAY CAUSE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF RESULTING IN FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.

BY TONIGHT...THE FRONT WILL SHIFT SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI AND
CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND TAKE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...BUT ANY REPORTS OF
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

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