[LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/28/03 5:45:55 AM

Tue, 28 Jan 2003 05:45:56 -0600

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

FLUS43 KDVN 281157
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-291200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
557 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2003

...A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TODAY...

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

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

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 BY MID
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW BY MIDDAY. FROM HIGHWAY 30 SOUTH TO HIGHWAY 34...THE
MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING WITH A CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW OCCURRING IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH...RAIN WILL
BEGIN AROUND MIDDAY AND MAY BEGIN WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN. FREEZING PRECIPITATION MAY RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TAKES PLACE. THE
GREATEST RISK FOR ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
ALSO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW EXITS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AMOUNTS
OF A DUSTING UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES OVER THE REGION. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE A COLD FRONT
TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THERE IS A
CHANCE OF SNOW OR POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
FRIDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS WILL OCCUR AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD RELAY INFORMATION ON SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

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

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