[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/19/02 5:00:05 AM

Mon, 19 Aug 2002 05:00:08 -0500

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

WWUS35 KMLI 191004
SPSMLI
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-200900-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
504 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING...

STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING...CAUSING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM BELLE PLAINE IOWA...TO BELLEVUE IOWA...TO STERLING
ILLINOIS.  ONCE THE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA...ONLY SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING...AND THEN SKIES
SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR.

THE FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT CAUSED THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY SHIFT
SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY...ALLOWING A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER TO BUILD OVER
IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  THIS HIGH WILL CREATE QUIET AND COOL
WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ON TUESDAY...WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BEGIN TO FLOW BACK
INTO THE REGION.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING
IN NORTHWEST IOWA...AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE
AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THERE IS A LOW RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...THROUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED.  SHOULD THE THUNDERSTORMS INITIATE EARLIER IN THE EVENING
OVER THIS AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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LRE