[LeArc] HWODVN@ 3/20/03 7:37:06 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 201345
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-211100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
744 AM CST THU MAR 20 2003

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

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

WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL BE FOUND EARLY THIS MORNING...MAINLY ALONG
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT...TO WASHINGTON AND MEMPHIS.
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO.
AS A RESULT...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS
UNTIL 10:00 AM. OTHER LOCALIZED AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE
FOUND FROM STERLING ROCK FALLS TO PRINCETON. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO
SLOWLY LIFT BY MID TO LATE MORNING.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI...WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM
WILL COMBINE WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...TO GENERATE SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS...MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON...GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM DUBUQUE...TO MOLINE
TO MACOMB. DUE TO RELATIVELY COLD AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE HAIL...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS POSSIBLE.  GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM STERLING ROCK FALLS...TO
MACOMB.

&&

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

March 20, 2003:  Training - Muscatine, IA - 6 PM

Severe weather and tornado spotter training will be conducted in
Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine County) at the HON company - 200 Oak
Street. This will be a free 2 hour class.

March 24, 2003:  Princeton, IA, 7:00 PM

On Monday, March 24th, at 7:00 PM, severe weather and tornado
spotter training will be conducted in Princeton, Iowa (Scott County)
at the Fire Department. This is a free 2 hour class. For additional
information, contact John Owens at (563) 289-4200, or e-mail at
pfd813cap@aol.com.  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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