[LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/31/03 3:45:27 PM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 312153
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-011100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
353 PM CST FRI JAN 31 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WARM AIR FLOWING OVER A COLD
GROUND WILL MELT THE REMAINING SNOW COVER...SATURATING THE
LOWER ATMOSPHERE. THIS MAY RESULT IN DENSE FOG FORMING OVER PORTIONS
OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
IMPACT THE AREA. RAIN WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE DAY...AS COLDER
AIR FILTERS IN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME...IT
APPEARS AS THOUGH THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 OR MORE INCHES OF
SNOW...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM THE QUAD CITES...TO KEOSAUQUA IOWA.
FROM THE QUAD CITIES TO DUBUQUE...LIGHTER AMOUNTS APPEAR LIKELY...
WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MANCHESTER IOWA...TO MARENGO 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...

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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