[LeArc] Hazardous Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

> 
> HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> 426 PM CST TUE DEC 17 2002
> 
> THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA...ILLINOIS...
> AND MISSOURI.
> 
> .DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
> PERIODS OF SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.  THIS
> EVENING A BAND OF RAIN WITH DRIZZLE AND FOG...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
> AREA...AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI
> VALLEY.
> 
> AFTER MIDNIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE
> REGION...WILL INTERACT WITH THE WARM FRONT AND SET OFF A ROUND
> OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.  SOME OF THESE
> STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT LARGE HAIL.
> LOCATIONS THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
> GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
> 
> .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
> 
> A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL
> TRIGGER MORE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY.  AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
> THAT A LINE OF FAST MOVING STORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE RIVER
> AROUND MIDDAY...AND SWEEP EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS
> WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
> LARGE HAIL.
> 
> .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
> 
> SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY.
> SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR LATER
> FORECASTS CLOSELY.
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