Wildfire danger in West KY on Labor Day.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
421 AM CDT SUN SEP 5 2010


ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
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/O.NEW.KPAH.FW.A.0002.100906T1700Z-100907T0000Z/
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-SHANNON-
WAYNE MO-OREGON-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-
NEW MADRID-
421 AM CDT SUN SEP 5 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.

THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES NEAR OR BELOW 25 PERCENT WILL ELEVATE THE WILDFIRE RISK
OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION LABOR DAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS WILL
OCCUR NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. HOWEVER...THE LOWEST RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY LIE SOUTHEAST OF THE OHIO RIVER. IN
ADDITION...MOST OF THE REGION IS EXPERIENCING DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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