[LeArc] HWODVN@ 7/25/2003 5:21:46 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 251019
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
515 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2003

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

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A COLD FRONT PUSHING TOWARD AN INCREASINGLY WARM AND UNSTABLE 
AIRMASS OVER THE AREA WILL EVENTUALLY IGNITE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL ACT TO 
PUT A LID ON ANY STORM DEVELOPMENT ON SATURDAY...WITH STORMS 
POTENTIALLY NOT FIRING UNTIL LATER SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT AND 
BETTER FORCING PUSHES DOWN INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. BUT 
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND EVEN SOME POSSIBLE CAP WEAKENING FROM THE 
NORTH OFF STORMS IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN MAY ALLOW SOME STORMS TO 
DEVELOP LOCALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE 
INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. IF STORMS CAN DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON 
...THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS 
OVER 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE AN ISOLATED TORNADO. SATURDAY NIGHT STORMS 
WILL PRODUCE MAINLY A DAMAGING WIND THREAT...ALONG WITH SOME LOCALLY 
HEAVY RAINFALL. AS THE FRONT LINGERS OVER PORTIONS OF THE 
AREA...SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY LAST OR REFORM INTO SUNDAY.

VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WILL GET DRAWN UP OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF 
THE FRONT ON SATURDAY. DEWPOINTS CLIMBING INTO THE 70S AND 
TEMPERATURES RISING TO AROUND 90 DEGREES WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES TO 
APPROACH THE 100 DEGREE MARK SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ACTIVATION 
MAY BE REQUIRED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

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

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