[LeArc] Special Weather Statement

[Brandon Sullivan]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1044 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-241745-
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
1044 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

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

STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 45 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING AHEAD OF A SLOW
MOVING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI THROUGH IOWA TO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. ONCE THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN...THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH.

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.

The Area is also in a slight risk for severe thunderstorms this afternoon.