[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/15/02 5:48:38 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
545 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2002

...WARMER WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES.  SOUTH
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SOME
OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH BRINGING IN WARMER AIR AS HIGHS REACH
WELL INTO THE 70S UNDER A PARTLY SUNNY SKY.  A FEW SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH FAR WESTERN SECTIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-380
CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON.  AS THE FRONT REACHES THE AREA LATER
TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE.  DUE TO
LIMITED INSTABILITY AND FORCING...MOST STORMS THAT FORM SHOULD STAY
BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT AN ISOLATED STORM APPROACHING OR BRIEFLY
EXCEEDING SEVERE LEVELS CAN OCCUR.

IF AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO DOES APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A BETTER CHANCE TONIGHT...THE PRIMARY THREAT SHOULD BE
HAIL THAT MAY REACH UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.  ALSO...AN ISOLATED
OCCURRENCE OF GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH...POSSIBLY APPROACHING 60 MPH CAN
OCCUR.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR
THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES AND UPGRADED RISKS
DESPITE THE LIMITED CURRENT CHANCE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT.


NICHOLS

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