[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 7/17/02 5:14:42 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
515 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2002

...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETREAT TO THE SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA
TODAY...WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL
RESULT IN INCREASING HEAT AND HUMIDITY...A TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY.  A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
MISSOURI WILL ALLOW FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE
HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

ON THURSDAY...A FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH...CAUSING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT LOCATIONS NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 20 LATE IN THE DAY...AND SPREAD TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA
OVERNIGHT. MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH THIS FRONT AND THE
TIME OF THE DAY TO MAKE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  THE MAIN THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.  THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY OF THE TIMING OF THIS
FRONT AND ITS STRENGTH...WHICH WILL AFFECT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY...THOUGH IT MAY BE
NECESSARY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LRE

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