[LeArc] SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

[Duane Whittingham]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
830 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
830 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS SOME STRONG TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THROUGH LATE EVENING
OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG AND PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS
WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH IN AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS. DO NOT STAND
BY WINDOWS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.