[LeArc] HWODVN@ 7/4/2003 4:16:24 PM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 042059
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-051000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
400 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF IOWA...NORTHERN AND 
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT. A THUNDERSTORM 
COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN IOWA THIS 
EVENING...AS THIS COMPLEX MOVES EAST...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY 
MERGE INTO A SQUALL LINE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY 
LARGE HAIL.  DUE TO THE HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE 
REGION...WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST 
STORMS.  THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEEING SEVERE WEATHER 
IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20...WITH LOWER CHANCES FOUND ACROSS 
NORTHEAST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHERN ILLINOIS. ALONG WITH THE THREAT 
OF DAMAGING WINDS...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE INTENSE RAINFALL RATES 
WHICH MAY LEAD TO URBAN AND LOW LAND FLOODING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR 
HOLIDAY INTERESTS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AND ANY 
WATCHES OR WARNINGS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.  

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY 
EVENING...AND AFFECT THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER WILL 
BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. 

ON SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 
EACH DAY. THE RAIN EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK WILL 
BRING GENERAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS. THE AMOUNT OF RISE IS HIGHLY 
DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF RAIN AND WHERE IT FALLS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 
20. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS AGAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING.

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MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN

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