[LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/27/03 5:33:36 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 271145
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-281100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
544 AM CST MON JAN 27 2003

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

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

SNOW OVER CENTRAL IOWA...WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES MAY BE REDUCED TO
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 MILES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A DUSTING
TO NEAR 1 INCH. SOME ROADS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL
BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...SO KEEP
THAT IN MIND IF YOU ARE HEADING OFF TO WORK OR SCHOOL.
THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS...SPREADING
A WINTERY MIXTURE EASTWARD INTO IOWA...POSSIBLY AFFECTING LOCATIONS
NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 TOWARD DAYBREAK. ELSEWHERE...A FEW
PATCHES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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

A WINTERY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION APPEARS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA...WHICH MAY RESULT IN ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...THE
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN
BEFORE GOING OVER TO RAIN DURING THE DAY...AS WARMER AIR SURGES
NORTHWARD AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. NORTH OF HIGHWAY
34...THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...THE PRECIPITATION IS
LIKELY TO GO BACK AND FOURTH BETWEEN SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH SOME ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION
LIKELY FALL MAINLY AS SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AT
TIMES...WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW
POSSIBLE.

BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

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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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