[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/23/02 5:45:49 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
441 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2002

LIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80 EARLY THIS MORNING.  SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE EXPECT SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR WILL STAY WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OCCUR ALONG AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BECOME SEVERE ALONG SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. DUE TO
MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE...HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL
BE THE GREATEST THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP.  MOST OF THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF THE REGION BY LATE THIS
EVENING.

THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS MISSOURI TONIGHT.  A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES FRIDAY WILL INTERACT WITH
THE FRONT CAUSING  A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO FORM.  THE LOW IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT...SPREADING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST
MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.   THE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT MOVE THROUGH AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH
TO CREATE SOME FLOODING ON TRIBUTARIES AND SMALL STREAMS. PEOPLE LIVING
IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR LATER WEATHER FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING THREAT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI.


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