[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 9/18/02 5:14:28 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
522 AM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

...TWO DAYS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING AS AN UPPER-AIR DISTURBANCE LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS
PRECIPITATION IN THE PLAINS MOVES EAST INTO THE AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY LATE...AND INTO THURSDAY...ON THE
NOSE OF A LOW-LEVEL JET...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 TO BURLINGTON AND KEOKUK.  HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY...AS A WAVE MOVES FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ALONG AN
ADVANCING COLD FRONT.  SHOWERS WILL LINGER THURSDAY NIGHT...AS COOLER
AIR BEGINS MOVING INTO THE REGION.

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE
PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THERE WILL ALSO BE
A CHANCE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY BUT MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY.

&&

REA

NOTE TO USERS:

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1...THIS PRODUCT WILL BE CHANGED FROM...SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER OUTLOOK...TO...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...AND WILL BE ISSUED
UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADERS:

WMO HEADER:    FLUS43 KDVN
AWIPS HEADER:  HWODVN
MND HEADER:    HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...E-MAIL JIM MEYER AT:
JAMES.MEYER@NOAA.GOV.

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