Bankston Weather - Special Cases

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EASTERN IOWA...

A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...PRESENTLY MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA...WILL ENTER EASTERN IOWA WITHIN
THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. BY 830 PM...THE STORMS WILL REACH THE
INDEPENDENCE AREA. BY 900 PM...THE STORMS WILL EXTEND ALONG A LINE
THROUGH VINTON AND MANCHESTER. THEY WILL APPROACH THE
MARENGO...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MONTICELLO AND DUBUQUE AREAS BY
10 PM.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VIVID CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH AND
NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

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

AREAS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST...AND OUT
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. BY AFTERNOON...PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MID
80S...AND ALONG WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...THIS WILL PROVIDE THE
FUEL FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS FORECASTING A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
THE PRIMARY RISK WITH STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN ONCE AGAIN...BUT
DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TONIGHT...A LARGE COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OVER
IOWA...ILLINOIS...AND WISCONSIN. THIS AREA OF STORMS MAY BRING
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...AND A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING TO PORTIONS
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD
STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS FORECASTING A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY WITH THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY
NIGHT.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY
RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.