[LeArc] Special Weather Statement until 5:00pm, Wed May 23 2007

[Duane Whittingham]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1246 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1246 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN
IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45
MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WERE OCCURRING AHEAD OF A STRONG...BUT SLOW
MOVING...COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO CENTRAL
KANSAS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 15 MPH TOWARD SUNSET.

DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. BE
ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND OTHER WIND-PRONE
AREAS.