[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/16/02 2:11:20 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
212 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT...

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN
STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING. IN
RESPONSE...A WARM FRONT LYING ALONG THE MISSOURI...IOWA BORDER INTO WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL SURGE NORTHWARD. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE EASTWARD
ALONG THE NORTHWARD ADVANCING WARM FRONT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST
THAT THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO AREAS WEST OF A MANCHESTER...TO
CEDAR RAPIDS TO IOWA CITY LINE BETWEEN 5:30 PM AND 7:00 PM...AND THEN
CONTINUE EASTWARD. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. SECONDARY THREATS INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS OF
60 TO 65 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE LOCATION AT GREATEST RISK FOR
SEEING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...WILL BE AREAS GENERALLY NORTH
OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON...TO ALEDO AND KEWANEE.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE THREAT
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DIMINISHED...WITH THE ATMOSPHERE
MORE STABLE AFTER THE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED LARGE
HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION
WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL NOT BE AS
WORKED OVER FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 80...AND THEN AGAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

PLEASE KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS EVENT.
IF YOU RECEIVE ANY HAIL AND...OR WINDS OVER 40 MPH...PLEASE CONTACT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR PASS YOUR REPORT TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.


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