[LeArc] HWODVN@ 4/1/2003 4:28:53 PM

Tue, 01 Apr 2003 16:28:53 -0600

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

FLUS43 KDVN 012220
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-021100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
420 PM CST TUE APR 1 2003

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THURSDAY
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.   LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THE SURFACE LOW WILL
HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND ENERGY TO IGNITE THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE
AFTERNOON.  CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR A FEW ROTATING SEVERE
STORMS...CALLED SUPERCELLS.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...POSSIBLY
WELL INTO THURSDAY EVENING.  AT THIS TIME...THE AREA OF GREATEST RISK
OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 WITH A
SLIGHTLY REDUCED RISK AS FAR NORTH AS HIGHWAY 30.   LOCAL OFFICIALS
SHOULD PLAN FOR FURTHER AND MORE SPECIFIC UPDATES ON THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...POSSIBLY INTO EARLY FRIDAY.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

NICHOLS