[LeArc] HWODVN@ 2/11/03 6:00:18 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 111209
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-121100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
608 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2003

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

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVED ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS
MORNING...BRINGING MORE LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA.  THE LATEST REPORTS
INDICATE THAT FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 34...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH.  THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...THIS TIME BRINGING SNOW TO AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE MINOR...GENERALLY A
HALF-INCH OR LESS.  WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...CAUSING WEST WINDS TO BLOW AT 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES
TO AROUND 30 MPH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE
COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA FOR
TONIGHT...DROPPING LOW TEMPERATURES INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MOST
OF THE REGION.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF SNOW IS NOT UNTIL FRIDAY...AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND TRACKS ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND
ARKANSAS.  AT THIS TIME...INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL
FALL AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.  THE PRECIPITATION WOULD
TURN TO ALL SNOW BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR MINOR TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 34 BY FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS TO THE
NORTH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

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

$$

LRE