[LeArc] HWODVN@ 10/24/02 5:07:50 AM

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


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IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
512 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002

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

.DAY ONE...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BROUGHT RAIN...
AND SNOW EXTREME NORTH...TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE
AREA FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECIPITATION WILL END IN EASTERN IOWA DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE...
AND IN WESTERN ILLINOIS MID MORNING. PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF
SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ON GRASSY SURFACES NEAR AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM INDEPENDENCE TO NORTHERN DUBUQUE COUNTY...WITH UP
TO AN INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES FROM VINTON TO CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE
PROPER. BRIDGES WILL ALSO BE SNOW COVERED IN SOME AREAS.

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING ACROSS
EASTERN IOWA BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY EARLY
EVENING.  PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW NORTH...
BUT WILL CHANGE QUICKLY TO ALL SNOW.  RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT...AND END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING FRIDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS EVOLVING STORM.


.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
SNOWFALL REPORTS IN NORTHERN AREAS THIS MORNING WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE
AREA.  PRECIPITATION TYPE AND INTENSITY WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW THE SAME
PATTERN AS THE CURRENT STORM.

$$

REA