[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/6/02 6:12:46 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
611 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002

...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER NEXT FEW DAYS...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH MIDDAY.
MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE FOUND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHEST SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KEOSAUQUA...TO
FORT MADISON...AND MACOMB...WHERE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IS
LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF NEAR 3/4 INCH POSSIBLE. FURTHER
NORTH EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO LESS THAN
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHWEST. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE...DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINFALL.

A MORE SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED ON
WEDNESDAY...AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEP ACROSS
THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SATURATE SOILS ACROSS THE
REGION...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AND GRADUAL SIGNIFICANT
RISES ON AREA RIVERS.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION.