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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
159 AM EDT WED APR 23 2014

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-231400-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
159 AM EDT WED APR 23 2014

...PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...

PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS WINDS IN THE VALLEYS GO
NEAR CALM AND TEMPERATURES EVENTUALLY FALL INTO THE 30S BENEATH CLEAR
SKIES. THE FROST WILL OCCUR MAINLY IN THE SHELTERED VALLEYS AND ALONG
AND NORTH OF I-64. THIS WILL POSE A RISK OF DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE
PLANTS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.

...ENHANCED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON...

AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 10 MPH
OR LESS ON AVERAGE...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGETOPS AND IN MORE OPEN TERRAIN
LOCATIONS.

ANY OPEN BURNING WILL BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED. IN
ADDITION...KENTUCKY STATE LAW PROHIBITS BURNING IN OR WITHIN 150 FEET
OF WOODLAND OR BRUSH LAND BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 AM AND 6 PM DURING
THIS TIME OF YEAR.

DO NOT DISCARD CIGARETTE BUTTS WHEN DRIVING...OR IN OR AROUND WOODED
OR GRASSY AREAS.

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