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[SWX] : Hazardous Weather Outlook> HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL > 515 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 > > IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- > 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-011015- > 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- > 515 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 > > 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 FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE > OUTLOOK AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. > > THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY THIS > EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. > > SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA > THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY IN ADVANCE OF A WARM FRONT MOVING > NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL > BE HEAVY RAIN WITH RATES POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR > WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS. > HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS... WITH > ISOLATED LARGE HAIL OF PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS > OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. > > LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO > SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING... WITH A TRAILING COLD > FRONT SURGING EASTWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. A LINE OF > THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI > RIVER MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST THROUGH NORTHWEST AND > WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY MID EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL > BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF > HEATING OR DESTABILIZATION THAT OCCURS...THE POTENTIAL WILL > ALSO EXIST FOR DAMAGING WINDS WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE. > > RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES > WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TONIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ON > CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND > NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WHERE THE GROUND IS FAIRLY WET OR SATURATED. > > .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY > > HEAVY RAINFALL FROM MONDAY MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES AND > ADDITIONAL FLOODING ON AREA TRIBUTARY RIVERS...ESPECIALLY > ALONG THE PECATONICA...WAPSIPINICON...ROCK...CEDAR AND IOWA RIVERS. > > .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... > > SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. > > $$ |