[LeArc] HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

[Duane Whittingham]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1153 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR
AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.

LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
THIS MAY CAUSE SOME STREAMS TO RISE TO NEAR BANKFALL AND CAUSE MINOR
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AND LOW LYING LOCATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND AGAIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


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