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FPUS73 KDVN 080949
NOWMLI

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
341 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2002

IAZ040>042-053-054-ILZ001-002-007-081145-
ANAMOSA-DUBUQUE-FREEPORT-GALENA-INDEPENDENCE-MANCHESTER-MAQUOKETA-
MOUNT CARROLL-
341 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2002

.NOW...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.  THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY 8 AM.

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IAZ051-052-063-064-076-077-081145-
CEDAR RAPIDS-IOWA CITY-MARENGO-SIGOURNEY-VINTON-WASHINGTON-
341 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2002

.NOW...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.  THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY 7 AM.

$$

IAZ065>068-078-ILZ009-015>018-024-081145-
ALEDO-BETTENDORF-DAVENPORT-CLINTON-HENNEPIN-KEWANEE-MOLINE-
ROCK ISLAND-MUSCATINE-PRINCETON-STERLING-ROCK FALLS-TIPTON-WAPELLO-
341 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2002

.NOW...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. AREAS ALONG
AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COULD SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 50
MPH FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY 8 AM.

$$

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-081145-
BURLINGTON-CARTHAGE-FAIRFIELD-FORT MADISON-KAHOKA-KEOSAUQUA-MACOMB-
MEMPHIS-MONMOUTH-MOUNT PLEASANT-OQUAWKA-
341 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2002

.NOW...
AREAS EAST OF A MT PLEASANT MACOMB LINE CAN EXPECT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 6 AM.  WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS.  IN ADDITION TO THE WIND BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO OCCUR.  TO THE SOUTHWEST...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY 7 AM.

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