[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/24/02 5:14:58 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
515 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH TODAY...BECOMING
STATIONARY FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BY MIDDAY.
A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND BEHIND THIS
FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING IN FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
OTHERWISE...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
USHER COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA TODAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS IN STORE FOR TONIGHT AS A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND MOVES EAST ALONG THE FRONT. AS THE
WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THE FRONT...IT WILL PUSH ABUNDANT
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHWARD OVER THE FRONT. THIS WILL
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA. THE RAIN MAY BE BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY. ANY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF TRIBUTARIES AND
SMALL STREAMS IN THIS AREA THAT RECEIVED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OVER 1 INCH
ON THURSDAY.

STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL IN FAR
NORTHEAST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...OTHERWISE NO
HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT WIND IS EXPECTED. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT
ANTICIPATED TODAY OR SATURDAY.

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