[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 6/26/02 5:12:26 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
515 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH THIS MORNING THROUGH EAST
CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH
THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR BY MID MORNING.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE MAINLY ON THE IOWA SIDE OF THE RIVER.  THEY ARE EXPECTED TO STAY
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS
AROUND 40 MPH...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. PARTS OF EAST
CENTRAL IOWA COULD SEE AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN WITHIN AN HOUR FROM THESE
STORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA AND
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY LATE THIS MORNING.

A COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INTO NEBRASKA WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST TODAY...AND SHOULD BE NEAR HIGHWAY 20 BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DESTABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON
AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 AND DEW POINTS
RISE TO AROUND 70.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP ALONG THE
FRONT.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSIFY AS
THEY MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE I80 CORRIDOR.  THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH
SEVERE LIMITS OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.  THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS
EVENING. DRIER AND A LITTLE COOLER AIR WILL MOVE IN TO THE REGION FOR
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS
MORNING.  HOWEVER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS
SHOULD MONITOR THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CLOSELY IN CASE THEY INTENSIFY.
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.



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