[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 6/2/2002 5:10:58 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
507 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 2002

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

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

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STREAM ACROSS THE AREA FROM CENTRAL IOWA
THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY RISE TO
BETWEEN 70 AND 75 NORTH OF THE FRONT...FROM INDEPENDENCE TO DUBUQUE TO
FREEPORT...BUT WILL REACH 80 IN BURLINGTON AND POSSIBLY THE MID 80S FROM
MEMPHIS TO KEOKUK TO MACOMB.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RE-FIRE THIS EVENING...PROBABLY IN NORTHWEST OR NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA...AND MOVE EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDNIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST RAINS...AND GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...ARE EXPECTED NEAR
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...
ISOLATED TORNADOS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...DUE TO WIND SHEARS ACROSS THE
STATIONARY FRONT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON
MONDAY...AND WILL BE LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS A SHORT WAVE
MOVES EAST ALONG THE FRONT.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN EASTERN IOWA...AND
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION TONIGHT. ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION MONDAY NIGHT.

REA
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