[LeArc] HWODVN@ 5/6/2003 12:49:22 PM

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


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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1245 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

...LOTS OF THUNDERSTORMS NEXT 5 DAYS WITH RISK OF SEVERE STORMS
AND FLOODING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION TONIGHT PRODUCING
RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34...AND
SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34.  RAIN AMOUNTS WILL
BE MODERATE...GENERALLY BETWEEN .25" AND .75".  SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME PEA SIZED HAIL...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A SERIES OF VIGOROUS DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  THE FIRST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
LOTS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE RISK
OF SOME SEVERE STORMS LATE THURSDAY.  SOME MORE STORMS MAY REDEVELOP
LATE FRIDAY WITH FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THEM TO BECOME SEVERE AND
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HIGH WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.  AN EVEN
STRONGER AND COMPLEX SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL LIFT ACROSS THE
MIDWEST SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL TRIGGER EPISODES OF
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH MORE HEAVY RAINS TIL LATE SUNDAY.
MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
IN THE NEXT 5 DAYS WITH LOCALLY 5 INCHES OR MORE.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN
AMOUNTS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SEVERAL EPISODES OF STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THURSDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

May 6, 2003:  Training - Chadwick, IL -  7 pm

Severe weather and tornado spotter training will be conducted in
Chadwick, Illinois (Carroll County) at the fire department at 7 pm.
This will be a free 2 hour class.  For additional information,
contact county ESDA coordinator Greg Miller.


May 7, 2003:  Training - DeWitt, IA - 10 am

Spotter training will be conducted at the DeWitt DOT garage at 10
am.


May 8, 2003:  Training - What Cheer, IA - 7 pm

Severe weather and tornado spotter training will be conducted in
What Cheer, Iowa (Keokuk County) at the fire department at 7 pm.
This will be a free 2 hour class.  For additional information,
contact Terry Burger at 641-634-2361.

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

$$

NICHOLS