[LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/30/03 4:12:04 PM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 302214
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-311100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
413 PM CST THU JAN 30 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MID EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
FOR ALL BUT SCOTLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND
HANCOCK AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MID TO LATE
EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES
FRIDAY MORNING.

LOCATIONS ROUGHLY NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 INCLUDING CEDAR RAPIDS...
DUBUQUE...CLINTON...FREEPORT AND STERLING ROCK FALLS...THE PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY AS SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLY MIXING
IN AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY MID MORNING FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR TO JUST NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 34 INCLUDING THE QUAD CITIES...IOWA CITY...PRINCETON...
WAPELLO AND WASHINGTON...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE
FORM OF SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 1/8 INCH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED
SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 TO NEAR A LINE FROM MILTON...TO KEOKUK...
TO LA HARPE AND GOOD HOPE...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN
THE FORM OF A WINTERY MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1/8 INCH...WITH
SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

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

SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT
THE AREA. RAIN WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS
COLDER AIR FILTERS IN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A LINE
FROM STERLING ROCK FALLS ILLINOIS...TO KEOKUK IOWA. IN ADDITION...WINDY
CONDITIONS APPEAR LIKELY TO DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THE TRACK AND
TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND
OUTLOOKS FOR UPDATES...AS THE SPECIFICS OF THE STORM SYSTEM BECOME MORE
APPARENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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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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MCCLURE