[LeArc] Another Special Weather Statement

[Brandon Sullivan]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
121 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

IAZ042-053-054-065>068-078-089-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-
034-035-242130-
DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-
DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...
TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...
BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB
121 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

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

STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE FROM 25 TO NEAR 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
NEAR 45 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN IOWA
NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ONCE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE IN...THE WINDS 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 still in a slight risk for severe storms this afternoon