[LeArc] HWODVN@ 4/14/2003 4:41:44 AM

Mon, 14 Apr 2003 04:41:44 -0500

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

FLUS43 KDVN 140938
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-142238-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
438 AM CDT MON APR 14 2003

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

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

A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT...RESULTING FROM AN ADVANCING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM...WILL PRODUCE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
TODAY...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON IN
IOWA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BEFORE STALLING ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
EVENING. A LOW WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THIS FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
MOVING EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT...WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE
VICINITY OF THE FRONT AND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.  STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF
BURLINGTON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

&&

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

Monday April 14, 2003:  Training - Peosta, IA - 7 pm

Severe weather and tornado spotter training will be conducted in
Peosta, Iowa (Dubuque County) at the fire station at 7 pm.  This is
a free 2 hour class. For additional information, contact Tom Berger
at [email protected].

April 16, 2003:  Iowa City, IA, 6 pm

On Wednesday, April 16th, at 6:00 pm, severe weather and tornado
spotter training will be conducted near Iowa City, Iowa (Johnson
County) in Montgomery Hall on the Johnson County Fairgrounds. A
dinner meal will be served at 6 pm followed by the class.  This is a
free 2 hour class. For additional information, contact Johnson
County Emergency Management, Sue Faith or Tom Hansen at (319)
356-6028, or e-mail at [email protected]. Media - please
promote and advertise this free class as much as possible.

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

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REA