[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/1/02 5:10:52 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
511 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

...SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING
IN IOWA...AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT A FEW
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARTHAGE TO MACOMB. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS...AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...WITH WIDESPREAD
AREAS OF UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE FROM MIDDAY TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. ISOLATED AREAS IN THUNDERSTORMS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
RAIN WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AREA
RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...BUT COULD ALSO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IN-BANK RISES ON TRIBUTARIES
AND STREAMS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

REA

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