[LeArc] Special Weather Statement

[Brandon Sullivan]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
518 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-092330-
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
518 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007


...SLOW MOVING STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...

SCATTERED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS FROM FROM NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY INTO HENRY COUNTY
INCLUDING THE MT PLEASANT...UTICA AND KEOSAUQUA AREAS. THE
STRONGER STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2
INCHES IN ONE HOUR. RAINFALL AT THIS RATE COULD EASILY OVERWHELM
LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS CAUSING PONDING OF WATER AND CAUSING DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW.

THE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT NORTHEAST
INTO JEFFERSON...NORTHERN HENRY...LEE AND LOUISA COUNTIES BY 7 PM.