[LeArc] HWODVN@ 8/6/2003 5:27:26 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 061021
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-071000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
515 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003

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

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

AREAS OF LOCALLY DENSE FOG WILL OCCUR GENERALLY WEST OF A CEDAR 
RAPIDS...TO DUBUQUE LINE UNTIL ABOUT 830 AM. FOG WILL REDUCE 
VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SOME PLACES...ESPECIALLY 
ALONG RIVER VALLEYS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THIS MAY CREATE 
LOCALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING IN THOSE 
AREAS.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP SOUTHWARD OUT OF MINNESOTA AND 
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES OVER A RELATIVELY 
UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA...SCATTERED 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP 
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS. LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT THERE WILL BE A BETTER 
CHANCE FOR THIS ACTIVITY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

A DISTURBANCE MOVING ALONG THE EDGE OF A LARGE WARM DOME OF HIGH 
PRESSURE TO THE WEST...MAY DROP DOWN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT 
AND INTO SUNDAY. THIS MAY GENERATE A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT 
WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATER SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO 
SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME 
SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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

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