[LeArc] HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

[Duane Whittingham]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER <http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=OUTLOOK>OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
442 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-030945-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN 
BUREN-<http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=LEE>LEE-JO 
DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
442 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER TODAY FOLLOWED BY STRONG
WINDS TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER 
<http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=OUTLOOK>OUTLOOK IS FOR 
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A POTENT 
<http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=LOW%20PRESSURE%20SYSTEM>LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDWEST TODAY
BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY FOLLOWED BY VERY
STRONG WINDS LATER IN THE EVENING.

THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
MORNING. OTHER THAN 
<http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=ISOLATED>ISOLATED 
<http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=HAIL>HAIL...SEVERE WEATHER 
IS NOT EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

A SECOND AND MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHERN IOWA AND MISSOURI AND MOVE EAST INTO
ILLINOIS...BRINGING A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE ENTIRE AREA.
A FACTOR LIMITING THE SEVERE THREAT TODAY WILL BE THE AMOUNT OF
LINGERING CLOUDS FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS. IF WE GET SUNSHINE
AND RESULTANT 
<http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=INSTABILITY>INSTABILITY...<http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=SHEAR>SHEAR 
WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR 
<http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=SUPERCELL>SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY AT LOCATIONS ROUGHLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

ONCE THE SEVERE THREAT DIMINISHES EARLY THIS EVENING...STRONG
WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE INTENSIFYING SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS
IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO SPECIFY A SEVERE
OR HEAVY RAIN THREAT AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED LATER TODAY.

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Duane Whittingham - N9SSN
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