Elevated Fire Danger expected today.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 517 AM CDT
 THU SEP 30 2010  ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-
KYZ001>022-
MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-301700-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON
-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-
POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS
-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU
-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...
WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN
... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS
...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...
HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND..
.BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN..
.GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT..
.VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...
NEW MADRID 517 AM CDT THU SEP 30 2010  ...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON...
MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COUPLED WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION...
AND NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. 
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS WINDS SUBSIDE AND THE
HUMIDITY LEVEL RISES.  $$