[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/15/02 5:06:15 AM

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


WWUS35 KMLI 151010
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IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
509 AM CDT THU AUG 15 2002

...MORE ACTIVE WEATHER ON THE WAY...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT...PRODUCING
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS LATE
AFTERNOON NORTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND DUBUQUE...WITH A CHANCE
ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT.  THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING HAIL AND
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM AHEAD OF THIS FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN
IOWA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY IN THE MORNING...WITH THE FRONT MOVING EAST
OF THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FROM CEDAR RAPIDS AND DUBUQUE NORTHWARD
...AND THEN ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL AGAIN
BE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND AGAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY.

REA

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