[LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/30/03 5:30:36 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 301139
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-311200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
539 AM CST THU JAN 30 2003

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

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

A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA
AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP BEFORE MIDNIGHT NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20...WHILE A MIX OF RAIN
AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM HIGHWAY 20 SOUTH TO THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR. SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. FROM THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
SOUTH...THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS A MIX OF RAIN AND WET
SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO ALL
SNOW BY SUNRISE ACROSS THE AREA.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH FURTHER SOUTH.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...AS ANY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED TO
BE BRIEF. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURE TRENDS DURING DAYLIGHT AND EVENING
HOURS TODAY WILL BE CRITICAL AND THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT
THE AREA. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN OR
SNOW EARLY MONDAY...THEN CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW BY AFTERNOON.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EVENT FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. IN ADDITION...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY
DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. MUCH
UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR UPDATES AS THE SPECIFICS OF
THE STORM SYSTEM BECOME MORE APPARENT.

.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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