[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  439 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2002
>  
>  ...RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...
>  
>  A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE MIDWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL
>  BRING PERIODS OF RAIN TO THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS...UP TO AN
>  INCH...ARE EXPECTED ON THE ILLINOIS SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
>  ALSO FROM BURLINGTON SOUTH IN IOWA...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.
>  
>  RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NORTH BEFORE ENDING...BUT NO
>  ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT COULD CAUSE
>  PONDING IN LOW-LYING AREAS DUE TO FROZEN GROUND. FLURRIES WILL
>  CONTINUE ON-AND-OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
>  
>  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT
>  RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...OF THE LOW-TOP FAST-MOVING TYPE...
>  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO MUSCATINE TO KEWANEE...WITH THE
>  THREAT BEING HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE
>  WEATHER...HOWEVER...WILL BE FURTHER SOUTH...FROM NORTH CENTRAL
>  MISSOURI INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
>  
>  STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT.
>  
>  REA
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