[LeArc] HWODVN@ 7/30/2003 4:37:20 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 300925
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015-016-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-310915-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
409 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2003

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

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

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND 
DISSIPATE. THE PRESENCE OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL 
DISTURBANCE WILL BE ENOUGH TO ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO 
DEVELOP...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

WIND SHEAR ALOFT IS WEAK BUT IF STORMS BECOME STRONG ENOUGH...AN 
ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE. IF THIS WOULD OCCUR...THE PRIMARY 
THREAT WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND WIND...WITH THE AREA MOST AT RISK  
WEST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TO SIGOURNEY.

AFTER SUNSET...ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

A STRONGER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS FRONT COMBINED WITH A STRONG 
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INITIATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT 
DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS 
ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR ALOFT. THE PRIMARY THREAT 
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THERE IS A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AS A SERIES 
OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


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SF