[LeArc] HWODVN@ 8/3/2003 5:02:33 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
457 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 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 BE LIKELY AGAIN TODAY INTO THIS EVENING 
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. CONDITIONS DO NOT LOOK IDEAL FOR WIDESPREAD 
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 
DIME SIZE AND POSSIBLY SOME BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS...MAINLY DURING THE 
PERIOD FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TO SOUTHERN LAKE 
MICHIGAN BY LATE TONIGHT. A COUPLE LOBES OF ENERGY ROTATING AROUND 
THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...WITH THE FIRST 
ARRIVING AROUND MID MORNING...AND THE SECOND TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON. 
THE FIRST FEATURE WILL PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY 
FROM EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS FROM LATE MORNING 
INTO AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY LATE 
AFTERNOON WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE SECOND FEATURE. THE BEST CHANCE 
FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG A BOUNDARY LINGERING FROM ABOUT 
FREEPORT TO MACOMB ILLINOIS. 

MODERATE INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH WEAK WIND SHEAR...WILL PREVENT 
THUNDERSTORMS FROM BECOMING SEVERE. HOWEVER...SOME STORMS MAY 
BRIEFLY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. 
CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS TO DEVELOP 
ALONG SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT FORM ALONG 
BOUNDARIES. THESE WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND 
EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS TYPE OF FUNNEL CLOUD IS USUALLY SHORT 
LIVED AND RARELY TOUCHES THE GROUND.   

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.  

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT. 
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