[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 7/18/02 5:15:58 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
516 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2002

...A SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND
TONIGHT...

A FRONT WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...
CAUSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY.  THIS MORNING A WEAK UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT
AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

MODERATE INSTABILITY AND A MODERATELY SHEARED WIND PROFILE WILL COMBINE
WITH THIS FRONT TO PRODUCE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  WHERE
TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS ARE THE HIGHEST...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
RISING TO AROUND 90 TODAY AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 ARE AT THE HIGHEST
RISK OF RECEIVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS ARE MOST LIKELY
TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND EARLY IN THE EVENT MAY ALSO PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL.  LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK OF
THESE STRONG STORMS.

BY FRIDAY...THE FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO LIE ALONG THE
MISSOURI IOWA BORDER.  MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS
AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA AND INTERACTS WITH
THE FRONT.  THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR RAIN IS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...
WITH LOWER CHANCES NORTH.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LRE

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