[LeArc] HWODVN@ 5/8/2003 7:02:52 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 081200 CCA
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-091000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FORMAT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
550 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

...ROUNDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL THREATEN
THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO NEAR
ZERO IN PLACES...MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THE FOG IS
SHALLOW AND SHOULD LIFT SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE.  IF YOU WILL BE OUT
DRIVING EARLY THIS MORNING BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
VISIBILITIES WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
LARGE HAIL.  THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
34 WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.  LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY
RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF A STRONG WARM FRONT
THAT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON.  THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE NORTH THIS EVENING
AND SHOULD EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY
FRIDAY MORNING.   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE BY THIS
AFTERNOON OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34.  THE SEVERE
THREAT WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE INTERSTATE 8O CORRIDOR BY LATE
AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR DURING THE
EVENING.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.  A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THROUGH THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY.  CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE
LOW SHOULD BE VERY UNSTABLE.  DUE TO THE TIME OF DAY AND THE
STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM...THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF THE PATH OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING NORTH OF THE LOW PRESSURE PATH FROM EAST
CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING
THE STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY.  LATER
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO REFINE THE TIMING...LOCATION
AND TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.

&&

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

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

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DLF