[LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/29/03 3:49:55 PM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 292157
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
355 PM CST WED JAN 29 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

A SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO THE MIDWEST THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A
WINTERY MIX TO THE REGION. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND END FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME IT
APPEARS THAT AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 SHOULD SEE MAINLY
LIGHT SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. FROM HIGHWAY
20 SOUTH TO A MARENGO...MUSCATINE...ALEDO LINE...INCLUDING THE I 80
CORRIDOR...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY.
AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE SHOULD SEE RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AT THE ONSET.

DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD BECOME SLICK OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING
COMMUTE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LATER FORECASTS WILL MORE
CLEARLY DEFINE THE WINTER WEATHER HAZARD AND AREAS WITH GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR MINOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS.

SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE
AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN LATE SUNDAY...WITH A HALF
INCH OF RAIN OR MORE EXPECTED BEFORE THE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE
MONDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AS THE COLD AIR
MOVES IN LATE MONDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF A FREEPORT TO IOWA CITY AXIS.
A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE LOCATION
AND AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR
UPDATES AS THE TIMING AND TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM BECOME MORE
CLEAR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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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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