[LeArc] HWODVN@ 3/15/03 5:37:57 AM

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 05:37:57 -0600

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

FLUS43 KDVN 151147
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-161100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
540 AM CST SAT MAR 15 2003

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

A LARGE...BUT SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DRAG ACROSS THE
AREA LATE SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.  SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE...MAY DEVELOP BY LATE SUNDAY.
THEN...PERIODS OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...
MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD PICK UP AT LEAST AN INCH OF RAIN BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING
MAY ALSO OCCUR. AS IT LOOKS NOW...THE TWO MAIN RAIN EVENTS IN WHICH
THE BULK OF THIS RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ARE DURING THE DAYTIME ON
TUESDAY...AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION LATE SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

March 18, 2003:  Training - Goodhope, IL - 7 pm

On Tuesday March 18th at 7PM, severe weather and tornado spotter
training will be conducted in Goodhope, Illinois at the high school.
This will be a free 2 hour class.  For additional information,
contact McDonough County ESDA Director Steve Miller at (309)
837-2686, or e-mail at [email protected]. Media - please promote and
advertise this free class as much as possible.

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

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