[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 9/19/02 5:13:51 AM

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


WWUS35 KMLI 191022
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IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
521 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2002

...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY...WITH A DISTURBANCE MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ALONG
THE FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA.  THIS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS LINGERING ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY
AND TONIGHT COULD BE LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 1 TO 3 INCHES.  SEVERAL COUNTIES
IN EASTERN IOWA...INCLUDING IOWA...BENTON...LINN...JONES...JACKSON...AND
DUBUQUE HAVE ALREADY HAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
THESE COUNTIES WOULD BE MOST PRONE TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
PROBLEMS IF HEAVY RAINS RE-OCCUR OVER IN AREAS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...TONIGHT...AND
FRIDAY...WITH THE GREATEST RISK IN ILLINOIS.  THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED
OUT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

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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