[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/13/02 5:15:19 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
510 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002

...SEASONABLY COOL WITH A CHANCE OF A ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM...

SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY SUNNY OVER THE REGION BY LATE MORNING AS A
STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY.  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY SEASONABLY COOL IN THE 60S DESPITE THE MAY
SUNSHINE WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME PUFFY CUMULUS CLOUDS.  A FAST MOVING
DISTURBANCE IN CANADA THIS MORNING WILL SLIDE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND
SHOULD SPAWN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80
AND EAST OF THE I-380 CORRIDOR BY MID AFTERNOON.  ANY PRECIPITATION WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT THE REGION BY LATE EVENING.

DUE TO LOTS OF COOL AIR ALOFT...SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME
SLEET MIXED WITH ANY RAINFALL.  AN ISOLATED REPORT OF HAIL UP TO THE
SIZE OF NICKELS MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE LOW FREEZING LEVELS IN THE
ATMOSPHERE...WARMED BY OUR MAY SUNSHINE.  WITH VERY LIMITED MOISTURE IN
THE AIR...ANY RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE SPOTTY AND GENERALLY LIGHT...WITH AN
ISOLATED REPORT OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST
STORMS.

DRY AND SEASONABLY MILD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON ALLOWING THE REGION TO SLOWLY DRY OUT FROM THE HEAVY RAINS
THIS PAST WEEKEND.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND SPOTTERS ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 380 CORRIDOR SHOULD
MONITOR CONDITIONS TOWARD MID TO LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WITH EMBEDDED HAIL.  PLEASE
REPORT SIGNIFICANT HAIL OR SLEET TO THE NWS OFFICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.


NICHOLS
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