[LeArc] HWODVN@ 3/2/03 5:55:41 AM

Sun, 02 Mar 2003 05:55:42 -0600

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

FLUS43 KDVN 021204
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-031100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
600 AM CST SUN MAR 2 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 STRONG COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL BRING
WITH IT A BRISK NORTHWEST WIND AND MUCH COLDER AIR. A WIND OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH PLUNGING
TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM ZERO TO 5 BELOW THROUGH MID
MORNING. SOME 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO VALUES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
WEST OF A CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE LINE THROUGH 10 AM. THE WIND WILL
DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES WILL RECOVER BACK INTO THE
UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

AN ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL SKIRT DOWN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST ON MONDAY
AND BRING SOME SNOW TO THE AREA. LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST THIS
SYSTEM MAY DROP A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. THE BEST CHANCE FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
APPEARS TO BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VINTON...TO MOUNT
CARROLL. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...WITH AN
INCH STILL POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR.
ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT MAY HAVE
MORE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWS IN THE LOCAL AREA.
THIS SECOND SYSTEM WILL LOOK TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND
MOVE OUT TOWARD THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY. AS THIS
LOW MOVES ALONG THE EDGE OF A COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPPING OVER
THE NORTHERN PLAINS...IT WILL TAP INTO GULF MOISTURE AND COULD
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND
NORTHERN ILLINOIS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. MUCH DEPENDS ON THE
DEVELOPING TRACK...MOISTURE AVAILIBILITY...AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM
SYSTEM ON WHERE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE AND
HOW MUCH WILL FALL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES
CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM THAT MAY IMPACT THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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

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