FLUS43 KDVN 111044 HWODVN HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 444 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-121045- 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- 444 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 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 THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOUND ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO AGAIN REACH THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS...IF SUNSHINE ALLOWS THE ATMOSPHERE TO WARM AS EXPECTED. A SMALL CHANCE FOR LARGE HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS EXPECTED IF MINI SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAN FORM. ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD QUICKLY END LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS STORMS RACE TO THE NORTHEAST. AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS MAY AGGRAVATE ON-GOING FLOODING ON AREA TRIBUTARY RIVERS. CURRENT RIVER FORECASTS INDICATE SEVERAL RIVERS MAY BE PUSHED INTO MAJOR FLOODING BY EARLY NEXT WEEK IF WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$ ERVIN/SHEETS