[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 7/31/02 5:40:18 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
542 AM CDT WED JUL 31 2002

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY.
SOUTH WINDS...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...WILL DRIVE TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S.
THE HOT TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...WILL CREATE HEAT
INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.  PEOPLE PLANNING ON
BEING OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO
AVOID HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...INCLUDING TAKING FREQUENT BREAKS IN THE
SHADE OR IN AN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING...AND DRINKING PLENTY OF
WATER. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT.

LOOKING AHEAD...THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE NORTHERN PLAINS FRONT
WILL DROP SOUTH TONIGHT AND MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MISSOURI
THURSDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY ALONG THE FRONT THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...AS IT MOVES THROUGH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT GREATEST THREAT FROM
THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. EMERGENCY
MANAGERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS
CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ON THURSDAY.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION
WILL PROBABLY BE REQUIRED OVER MOST OF THE AREA.

DLF

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