[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/22/02 5:20:30 AM

Wed, 22 May 2002 05:20:30 -0500

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
441 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2002

...A WINDY DAY...
SOUTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON.  AREAS
WEST OF A DUBUQUE...IOWA CITY WILL HAVE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH BY MID
AFTERNOON.  THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH
RANGE AROUND SUNSET.  THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS
FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINDY CONDITIONS.  A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH
FROM THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT.  SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO MID MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...
THEY WILL STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON EVENING.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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