[LeArc] HWODVN@ 11/4/02 10:33:47 PM

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The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.


FLUS43 KDVN 050443
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-051100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1043 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA...ILLINOIS...
AND MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
REGION ON TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING AHEAD
OF THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM. ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE PROFILES SUGGEST
ANY PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WITH
SNOW OR SLEET FROM HIGHWAY 30 SOUTH THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR...AND MAINLY RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT IN
INTENSITY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOVERING
NEAR 32 DEGREES...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHERE
A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH
AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TOWARD DAYBREAK.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY OVERNIGHT.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE AFFORMENTIONED DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ON ELECTION TUESDAY. THERMAL PROFILES
SUGGEST MAINLY SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY RAIN ALONG AND
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH
ARE LIKELY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY CLIMB INTO
THE MIDDLE 30S BY AFTERNOON...BUT BEFORE DOING SO THE POTENTIAL WILL
EXIST FOR A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES IN THE MORNING.

SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...IT IS
LOOKING LIKE PERIODS OF SNOW AND...OR SLEET TO START IN THE
MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION EVENTUALLY MIXING WITH AND CHANGING
TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON ELEVATED OR GRASSY SURFACES. SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLIMBING INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S. BEFORE
DOING SO...A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING.

ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...IT IS LOOKING LIKE MAINLY RAIN
POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING ...NO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM EJECTING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WILL BRING
A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION BY NEXT SATURDAY. AMPLIFYING SOUTHWEST FLOW
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL MEAN A WARM UP TO POSSIBLY ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES BY WEEKS END...AND THAT THE PRECIPITATION ON SATURDAY
WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN.