[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 6/19/02 5:20:56 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
521 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2002

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...

A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
IOWA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND AFFECT PORTIONS
OF EASTERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA UNTIL 10 AM. THIS COVERS
THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR FROM JESUP TO DUBUQUE IOWA AND INCLUDES THE
COUNTIES OF BUCHANAN...DELAWARE...AND DUBUQUE. SOME STORMS MAY BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS
TO 58 MPH AS THEY MOVE EAST AROUND 25 MPH ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BETWEEN
6 AM AND 8 AM.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH...MAINLY
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WILLIAMSBURG THROUGH CEDAR RAPIDS TO
MONTICELLO BEFORE 9 AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE EAST AROUND 25 MPH.

OTHERWISE...TODAY WILL BE MUCH LIKE TUESDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND TYPICAL MID JUNE
HUMIDITY LEVELS. WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL CAP FURTHER
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR MOST OF THE DAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER
EASTERN IOWA NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 AFTER 5 PM.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA
INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS MORNING. SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE REST OF TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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