[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/25/02 5:16:59 AM

Sat, 25 May 2002 05:16:59 -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
518 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002

...WET WEATHER TO START OUT HOLIDAY WEEKEND...

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM
WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE
NORTHEAST...MOVING TO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY MIDDAY. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE JUST AHEAD OF THIS LOW. SOME OF THESE MAY PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL BEFORE SUNRISE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
FROM THE QUAD CITIES TO PRINCETON...WHERE WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF A HALF
TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE ANTICIPATED. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MID MORNING ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS UNTIL AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER WESTERN IOWA PASSES
THROUGH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE BEFORE SHOWERS END IN MOST AREAS AROUND MIDDAY.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST
IOWA AND THEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA MONDAY AFTERNOON AS
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO BEGINS TO RETURN TO THE AREA.
OTHERWISE...DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...AND
SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR SUNDAY OR MONDAY AT THIS TIME. STORM
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

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