[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 7/11/02 5:06:44 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
506 AM CDT THU JUL 11 2002

...LOCAL FLOODING IN IOWA TODAY...THEN DRY ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
NEXT MONDAY...

A STRONG UPPER ATMOSPHERE DISTURBANCE WILL DIVE SOUTH OF THE REGION
TODAY...BRINGING AN END TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF
EASTERN IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS IN EASTERN IOWA FROM IOWA CITY TO CEDAR
RAPIDS TO VINTON...AND ALSO FURTHER SOUTH...INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...FROM KEOSAUQUA TO MEMPHIS TO KAHOKA.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS
MORNING WITH THE BAND OF RAIN EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  HEAVY RAINS SHOULD REFORM FURTHER SOUTH BY LATE
MORNING...MAINLY FROM INTERSTATE 80 TO THE IOWA-MISSOURI LINE.
RAINS WILL END NORTH OF BURLINGTON BY LATE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL WILL
END IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY EVENING.

LOCAL STREET FLOODING IN CEDAR RAPIDS...IOWA CITY...VINTON...AND OTHER
CITIES...SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY THE START OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...
BUT PONDING WILL CONTINUE ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND IN LOW LYING AREAS...
THROUGH MID MORNING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION.

RIVERS IN IOWA...INCLUDING THE IOWA...CEDAR...AND WAPSIPINICON...WILL
SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES TODAY...AND MAY APPROACH BANKFULL IN SOME AREAS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.  HOWEVER...
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND SPOTTERS ARE URGED
TO REPORT ANY URBAN OR STREAM FLOODING THAT OCCURS.

REA
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