[LeArc] HWODVN@ 6/6/2003 1:35:38 PM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 061833 AAA
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-071000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
133 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINFALL OF
ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...MAINLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
80...THIS MORNING.

THIS SAME SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.  LOW FREEZING LEVELS...MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL
ALLOW A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE HAIL AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS.  THE GREATEST RISK FOR THESE STRONGER STORMS IS
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS ARE FORECAST TO AFFECT THE REGION BRINGING
A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.

THE FIRST STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE
LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM AS WELL...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS FROM
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO A
LACK OF WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY.

THE SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT THE REGION AROUND MID
WEEK. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN IS LIKELY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN ON TOP OF SOILS THAT WILL BE NEARLY SATURATED.

THE THIRD STORM SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO AFFECT THE REGION
LATE NEXT WEEK. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK...AS THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING
BECOME BETTER DEFINED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
HAIL AND WIND REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE
APPRECIATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  OTHERWISE...SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.  IF HEAVY
RAINS DEVELOP AS CURRENTLY EXPECTED...RAINFALL REPORTS AND RIVER
READINGS FROM SPOTTERS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED DURING THE NEXT
WEEK.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn

$$

LE/SF