[LeArc] HWODVN@ 7/18/2003 5:37:33 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 181034
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-MOZ009-010-191100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
533 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND 
GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 
THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 
IN EASTERN IOWA...SOUTH OF MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... 
AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 
THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY RAINFALL...WITH AMOUNTS AS 
HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS MAY PRODUCE RAPID 
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. 
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 
POSSIBLE UNTIL ABOUT 7 AM. THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT 
WILL BE CAPABLE OF SOME CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE SEVERE 
WEATHER THREAT WILL END ACROSS THE AREA BY NOON AS A COLD FRONT 
MOVES SOUTH OF THE REGION AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA 
USHERS IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR.  
 
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY OVER THE 
OUTLOOK AREA. CONDITIONS MAY BE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW TO REACH SEVERE 
LEVELS OVER EASTERN IOWA...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR AREAS INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS MORNING.

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING INTERNET WEB SITE: 
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

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