[LeArc] HIGH RISK OF SVR WEATHER

[Jesse Risley]

Hazardous Weather OutlookHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
518 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER 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 PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IS SETTING UP FOR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS
OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. EXPLOSIVE STORM DEVELOPMENT IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN IOWA...WITH
INDIVIDUAL CELLS INTIALLY. THESE STORMS WILL THEM EVOLVE INTO A
FAST MOVING LINE OF STORMS WHICH WILL SWEEP ACROSS FAR EASTERN
IOWA NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
DURING THE EVENING. THIS LINE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
WINDS TO AROUND 75 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE THE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS. THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS MEANS THEY WILL ARRIVE
QUICKLY AT ANY PARTICULAR LOCATION.

IN ADDITION...TODAY WILL BE VERY WINDY...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.

MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON A FEW IOWA TRIBUTARY RIVERS DUE TO
RECENT RAINFALL. FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AT THIS
TIME...THERE IS NO CLEAR INDICATION REGARDING THE RISK OF SEVERE
STORMS THROUGH THIS PERIOD.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD MAY
RESULT IN SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF ACTIVE
WEATHER MAY ALSO RESULT IN FURTHER RISES ON AREA RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT.

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS WILL BE
CONDUCTED LATER THIS MORNING. 
"There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last." 
Robert Louis Stevenson





       
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