[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/29/02 5:49:04 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
518 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002

...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...

THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA.
THESE BOUNDARIES WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

SHEAR IS WEAK AND INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL WITH CAPES FORECAST TO BE
AROUND 1000 THIS AFTERNOON.  AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE
SEVERE HAIL.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TODAY AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS
COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS RECEIVING UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
BY THURSDAY MORNING...CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING IN URBAN AND LOW-
LYING AREAS.  THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL DEPEND LARGELY
ON WHERE THE BOUNDARIES SETTLE. PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA...MAINLY NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 30...ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT.  IF
HEAVY RAIN FALLS OVER THIS AREA AGAIN TODAY...THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED
RISK OF MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS.

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A
COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA.

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