[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 9/20/02 4:48:07 AM

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


WWUS35 KMLI 200956
SPSMLI
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-211000-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
455 AM CDT FRI SEP 20 2002

...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TODAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN IOWA TO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY.
DEEP MOISTURE SURGING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AHEAD OF THIS
FRONT...ALONG WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OVER THE
REGION...WILL KEEP SHOWERS GOING THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. THE SHOWERS
WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS
MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH
SEVERE LEVELS AS LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED.

DRYER AND MUCH COOLER WEATHER WILL SURGE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT
AND LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIMITED TO
THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS DIPPING INTO THE 40S.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

DLS

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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