[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 6/1/2002 6:11:02 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
607 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2002

...SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE OVER NEXT FOUR DAYS...

A STATIONARY FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS...AND JUST SOUTH OF...THE
FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS...BEFORE BEING KICKED EAST BY
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS
FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE
WEEKEND...AND ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM BURLINGTON SOUTH BY MID
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO 90 TO 94 DEGREES TODAY FROM
INTERSTATE 80 SOUTH.  WITH DEW POINTS NEAR 70...THE HEAT INDEX WILL
SOAR TO AROUND 100 IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RE-FIRE THIS EVENING...PROBABLY IN SOUTHWEST OR
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...AND MOVE EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...BY MIDNIGHT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS THE THREAT.  THERE WILL ALSO
BE A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOS SOUTH...MAINLY SOUTH OF
BURLINGTON...DUE TO WIND SHEARS ACROSS THE STATIONARY FRONT. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.  THE
HEAVIEST RAINS LAST NIGHT OCCURRED IN A LINE FROM OSKALOOSA...
FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...TO BURLINGTON.  THIS AREA WOULD BE
ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON SUNDAY...
AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SUNDAY NIGHT AGAIN PRODUCING A RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE FRONT MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
TUESDAY...PRODUCING THE CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IN
THE MONDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME.  THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END
TUESDAY.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA...
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT. ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED OVER
MUCH OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT.


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