[LeArc] HWODVN@ 8/2/2003 5:42:02 AM

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


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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
539 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT ILLINOIS TO KEOKUK IOWA. 
THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS 
WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THIS AREA BETWEEN 3 PM AND 7 
PM.  

A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER WESTERN LAKE 
SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO SEND WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES ACROSS THE 
OUTLOOK AREA TODAY. ABUNDANT MORNING SUNSHINE AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE 
WILL LEAD TO UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS 
DEVELOPING IN EASTERN IOWA TOWARD MID AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL 
DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST UNSTABLE OVER 
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WHERE AN AXIS OF LOW LEVEL 
MOISTURE AND CONVERGENCE IS EXPECTED TO LINGER. THIS WILL CREATE A 
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR A FEW STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND 
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE 
INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.  

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING 
FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.

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