887 FLUS43 KDVN 171922 HWODVN HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 220 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-181000- 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- 220 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL FIRE NEAR I-35 IN IOWA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE EAST SOUTHEAST INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. ENOUGH COLD AIR ALOFT...SURFACE HEATING AND WINDS IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME STORMS TO BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA TO HALF INCH OR MORE SIZED HAIL BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM. LOCATIONS MOST FAVORABLE FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A IOWA CITY TO GALESBURG LINE UNTIL 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THERE IS A MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY THIS LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT ANY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NOAA NWS OFFICE IN THE QUAD CITIES. $$ NICHOLS