[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 7/10/02 5:38:25 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
538 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002

...WET WEATHER WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG UPPER ATMOSPHERE DISTURBANCE WILL DIVE SOUTH OUT OF THE
DAKOTAS TODAY.  AT THE SAME TIME AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE
INTO THE AREA FROM WEST.  THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES WILL PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA...
WITH LESSER AMOUNTS LIKELY EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS MAY RECEIVE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL.

THERE WILL A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING NEAR AND WEST OF A LINE
FROM INDEPENDENCE TO WILLIAMSBURG TO FAIRFIELD.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE LIKELY IN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A CHANCE AS FAR EAST AS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER....WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...
MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI...AND ALSO SOUTH OF BURLINGTON.

TWENTY-FOUR HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM VINTON TO MARENGO TO SIGOURNEY TO FAIRFIELD TO
KEOKUK...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EAST. RAINFALL WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY
MORNING FROM BURLINGTON SOUTH.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...WEST OF A LINE
FROM SIGOURNEY TO KEOSAUQUA TO KAHOKA...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING
HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

REA

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