Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service PADUCAH KY
225 AM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-182200-
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-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, Murphysboro, 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, Jackson, Piedmont, Van Buren,
Doniphan, Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Sikeston, Charleston,
and New Madrid
225 AM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024 /325 AM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024/

...Elevated Fire Danger Today and Tuesday...
...Hard Freeze Expected Tonight...

The combination of very dry air and northwest winds gusting up to
20 mph will create an elevated risk of uncontrolled fire spread
this afternoon. Relative humidity values will fall to 20 to 35%,
with the lowest humidity levels over the Ozark Foothills of
southeast Missouri.

A more substantial fire danger is expected Tuesday, as southwest
winds increase significantly, with gusts of 25 to 40 mph forecast
Tuesday afternoon. Relative humidity values Tuesday afternoon
will fall to 25 to 35%.

If you are planning outdoor burning today and Tuesday, use extra
caution and have fire suppression equipment ready.

Tonight, very cold and dry surface high pressure will allow
temperatures to drop into the middle and upper 20s throughout the
region.

Although the growing season has not officially started, tender
vegetation could be impacted by these cold temperatures. Please
take necessary actions to protect any tender vegetation tonight.

$$

DWS


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