[LeArc] HWODVN@ 11/18/02 4:49:26 AM

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 04:49:27 -0600

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

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
500 AM CST MON NOV 18 2002

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

.DAY ONE...

A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...
PRODUCING MAINLY RAIN. HOWEVER UNTIL THE INITIALLY DRY ATMOSPHERE
SATURATES THIS MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START OUT AS
A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW. THE LIKELY STARTING TIME OF THE
PRECIPITATION WOULD BE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AM...WITH IT CHANGING OVER
TO ALL RAIN BY MID DAY. IF THE PRECIPITATION STARTS OUT AS SNOW...
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF AN
INDEPENDENCE TO STERLING LINE.  BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND INTERSTATE 80
AMOUNTS WOULD BE A DUSTING AT BEST. SNOW ACCUMULATION WOULD LIKELY BE
ON GRASSY AREAS AND ON HIGHWAY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

A RAIN SNOW MIX WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS EAST OF A
GUTTENBERG TO KEOKUK LINE BEFORE ENDING...FOLLOWED BY CLEARING SKIES.
WEST OF A GUTTENBERG TO KEOKUK LINE EVENING SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES
CAN BE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT. HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENTS ARE URGED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION THIS MORNING WHEN THE
PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

QUIET CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...THURSDAY...AND
FRIDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION ON WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY PRODUCING SOME RAIN SHOWERS.  A STORM
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY BRINGING A
THREAT OF RAIN. QUIET CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.

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