[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 3/29/02 5:07:03 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
505 AM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

...ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN THIS MORNING...

TWO UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL AGAIN SHEAR ACROSS THE MIDWEST
TODAY IN A STREAMING WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN. ONE WILL PASS
ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...AND THE OTHER OVER SOUTHERN
MISSOURI. FORCING AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ON THE NORTH END
OF THE MISSOURI DISTURBANCE WILL CREATE MORE WIDESPREAD AND
SUBSTANTIAL RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FAIRFIELD...TO
MONMOUTH LINE MAY RECEIVE UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. DO TO UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE...SOME
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ANYWHERE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR. AREAS OF LIGHTER RAIN AND SPRINKLES WILL AFFECT AREAS
FURTHER TO THE NORTH IN CEDAR RAPIDS...DUBUQUE...AND FREEPORT. MOST
OF THE RAIN SHOULD BE OVER BY NOON WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...
AND DONE BY 2 PM EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER
THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW LATE MARCH SUNSHINE TO WARM THE SURFACE AND
HELP BOOST TEMPERATURES BACK UP INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S BY
LATE AFTERNOON.

A WEST BREEZE WILL USHER IN SOMEWHAT COOLER CONDITIONS TONIGHT. LOW
TEMPERATURES BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL DIP INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S.


EVEN THOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY AFFECT THE AREA THIS MORNING...SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.



UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

April 1, 2002:  Fairfield, IA, 7:00 p.m.

On Monday, April 1, severe weather and tornado spotter training will
be conducted in Fairfield, Iowa (Jefferson County) at the Public
Library at 7:00 p.m. This class will be free, and should last about
2 hours. For additional information, contact the Jefferson County
Sheriffs Department at (641) 472-4146.  Media - please promote and
advertise this free class as much as possible. Thank you.

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JDH

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