[LeArc] HWODVN@ 2/3/03 6:07:37 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 031215
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-040815-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
615 AM CST MON FEB 3 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WILL PRODUCE
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM
2 TO 3 INCHES NORTHWEST OF A CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE LINE...TO 1 TO 3
INCHES ALONG A CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE LINE...AND TO 1 TO 2 INCHES
FROM SIGOURNEY TO IOWA CITY TO TIPTON TO MAQUOKETA TO GALENA.  AREAS
FROM STERLING ROCK FALLS TO THE QUAD CITIES TO BURLINGTON COULD GET
AN INCH...WHILE AREAS SOUTH AND EAST WILL HAVE LITTLE OR NO
ACCUMULATION.  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY MIDNIGHT.

WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
TO 40 MPH...IN WESTERN SECTIONS FROM INDEPENDENCE TO MARENGO TO
FAIRFIELD...BY SUNSET...PROGRESSING EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN
THE EARLY EVENING...AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY MID EVENING.
WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE WINDS
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST
AREAS WHICH WILL RECEIVE THE MOST SNOWFALL. VISIBILITIES MAY BE
REDUCED LOCALLY TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE FROM VINTON TO INDEPENDENCE
TO MANCHESTER IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW
SHOULD SUBSIDE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE EVENING...AND
DRIFTING SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN IOWA...NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80...AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA IN THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THURSDAY
TIME FRAME...AND A SECOND COLD FRONT IN THE SUNDAY TIME FRAME...WILL
PRODUCE ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF SNOW...AND REINFORCE THE COLD WEATHER.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY WILL AVERAGE AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS...HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT...AND SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS CONCERNING SNOW AMOUNTS AND
WIND POTENTIAL. SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL
IN SNOW AMOUNTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

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REA