[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/23/02 4:51:33 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
450 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...LOCALLY HEAVY EARLY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO INDIANA THIS EVENING.   THIS SYSTEM IS
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
STATIONARY FRONT WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY...THEN DIMINISH AND END
THIS AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST BY SUNSET ACROSS THE REGION AS THE LOW
MOVES EAST.

DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34.
THE PRIMARY RISK TODAY WILL BE THE WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINS OF ONE
HALF INCH...UP TO ONE INCH OR MORE WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES
BY EVENING.  THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON TOP OF WIDESPREAD 1 TO 5 INCH
AMOUNTS THAT FELL OVERNIGHT.  MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN THE PRE-DAWN
HOURS THIS MORNING.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS TODAY FALLING ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT PONDING AND
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS RESULTING IN RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS AND
RIVERS.  THEREFORE...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30.

A FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN AREA RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS. REMEMBER, A
WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT AND AVOID DRIVING
INTO MOVING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

PATCHY FOG...LOCALLY DENSE...MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT DUE TO THE PLENTIFUL
SURFACE MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS...POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND INFORMATION ON THIS
HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING SITUATION.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR REPORTS ON
POSSIBLE FLOODING.

NICHOLS

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