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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1245 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2004

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009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-291000-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-CLINTON
IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY
IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-
JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-
MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-
STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
1245 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...
EAST CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ON AREA
RIVERS. HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE 50S SUNDAY AND INTO THE LOW 60S
MONDAY...PLUS A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. THESE TWO FACTORS WILL WEAKEN ICE ON AREA RIVERS AND
POSSIBLY CREATE ADDITIONAL JAMS.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM ON MONDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. IF ENOUGH HEATING
OCCURS...AN ISOLATED...WEAK TORNADO MAY BE POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH
RAIN AND SNOW. WHILE SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE TRACK OF THE
SYSTEM...LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF
SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

[WXBUFFJIM]

If enough heating occurs, then perhaps a low topped band of severe storms could develop in or near the Quad Cities later Monday. But even if so, the threat is still isolated damaging gusts and hail. An isolated weak tornado would be quite surprising to see at this point, but not ruled out if maximum instability becomes realized underneath the main upper level disturbance.

Jim