Special Weather Statement

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
403 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

ILZ075>078-081>083-085>087-089>091-094-INZ081-082-085>088-
KYZ005>022-232000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-WHITE-
WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-
POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-
MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-
HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...HERRIN...
HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...
METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...
BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON
403 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

...ELEVATED WILDFIRE RISK FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON...

MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND
30 PERCENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA
AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COUPLED WITH VERY DRY
VEGETATION...AND FORECAST GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...MEANS
THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED WILDFIRE RISK.

THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE TRI
STATE...WHERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE HIGHEST...AROUND OR JUST ABOVE
25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY IN ADDITION TO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. WINDS
WILL NOT BE QUITE AS GUSTY FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE PENNYRILE REGION
OF WEST KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE LAKES AREA. NEVER THE LESS...WINDS
IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. VEGETATION
ACROSS THE LAKES AREA IS QUITE DRY AS WELL.

CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES
FALL AND WINDS SUBSIDE.

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