[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/13/02 5:00:55 AM

Tue, 13 Aug 2002 05:00:55 -0500

The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.

WWUS35 KMLI 131005
SPSMLI
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-140804-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
504 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

...RAIN ENDING...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING...AND BECOME STATIONARY JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES FROM NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH NORTHERN
MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE FRONT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE
SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA THIS EVENING.

RAIN WILL END NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS MORNING...BUT MAY BECOME HEAVY
AGAIN SOUTH MIDDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80
INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
SINCE THE HEAVIEST RAIN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS HAS BEEN NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SOUTH SHOULD PRESENT NO PROBLEMS IN
TERMS OF FLOODING. DRIER...COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

REA

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