[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 6/3/2002 5:31:10 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
528 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2002

...SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

A STATIONARY FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA...FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...TODAY
AND TONIGHT...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 TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STREAM ACROSS THE AREA FROM
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING...MAINLY FROM INTERSTATE 80
NORTH...DIMINISHING BY LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY RISE TO
NEAR 70 NORTH OF THE FRONT...FROM INDEPENDENCE TO DUBUQUE TO
FREEPORT...BUT WILL REACH THE LOWER 80S IN BURLINGTON AND THE MID 80S
FROM MEMPHIS TO KEOKUK TO MACOMB.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RE-FIRE THIS EVENING...PROBABLY IN CENTRAL IOWA...AND
MOVE EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA.  SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...WITH THE PRIMARY
THREAT BEING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL. 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.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN EASTERN IOWA...AND
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION THIS EVENING...TONIGHT...AND TUESDAY.

REA

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