[LeArc] HWODVN@ 10/11/02 2:34:31 PM

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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
235 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2002

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

.DAY ONE...

ANOTHER MILD FALL NIGHT IS IN STORE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING ONLY INTO
THE MID 50S TO AROUND 60 DEGREES.  NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

...MUCH COOLER AND WINDY SATURDAY...WITH FREEZE AND FROST LATER...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
AN AREA OF RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST WITH RAIN
AMOUNTS GENERALLY A COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS.  SHORTLY AFTER THE
FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO
30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH
COOLER TEMPERATURES.  THE MERCURY WILL FALL FROM THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER
70S INTO THE 50S WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH WIND CHILLS
DIPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 40S.

SATURDAY NIGHT...THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL BRING SUB FREEZING
TEMPERATURES TO MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.  A HARD
FREEZE IS EXPECTED...LIKELY REQUIRING A FREEZE WARNING FOR LOCATIONS
NORTH OF FREEPORT TO MUSCATINE TO KEOSAUQUA AXIS.  AREAS SOUTH OF THIS
LINE WILL SEE WIDESPREAD FROST...THUS A FROST ADVISORY IS PROBABLE.

SUNDAY NIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  A HARD FREEZE MAY OCCUR IN THESE AREAS EARLY MONDAY
MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES PLUNGING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30
DEGREES FOR A SEVERAL HOURS...MAKING A FREEZE WARNING NECESSARY.

INDIVIDUALS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH TENDER
VEGETATION BY COVERING THEM OR MOVING THEM INSIDE.

$$

NICHOLS/PIERCE