[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/20/02 5:36:03 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
540 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002

...WEATHER TO BECOME ACTIVE FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG A SURFACE
FRONT AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVES OVER THE AREA.  THE
PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MID MORNING...AND WILL NOT PRODUCE ANY
SEVERE WEATHER.  THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WILL BE QUIET AS A WARM FRONT
DEVELOPS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN.

TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT IN SOUTH DAKOTA...
AND MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
REGION...BUT DUE TO THE TIME OF DAY THEY ARE DUE TO ARRIVE...AND LACK
OF STRONG INSTABILITY OR DYNAMICS WILL PRECLUDE ANY SEVERE WEATHER.
HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BECOME ACTIVE AS THE FRONT DROPS SOUTH
ACROSS THE AREA.  THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT...TO LAY ACROSS IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS...CAUSING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
HAIL.  THE GREATEST THREAT IS FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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LRE

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