979  
WWUS81 KPBZ 251330  
SPSPBZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
930 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2024  
 
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-WVZ001>004-012-021-509>514-  
260000-  
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-  
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-  
MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-  
RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON-  
EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEW PHILADELPHIA, DOVER, CARROLLTON,  
MALVERN, EAST LIVERPOOL, SALEM, COLUMBIANA, COSHOCTON, CADIZ,  
STEUBENVILLE, ZANESVILLE, CAMBRIDGE, MARTINS FERRY,  
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, CALDWELL, WOODSFIELD, WEIRTON, FOLLANSBEE,  
WELLSBURG, WHEELING, MOUNDSVILLE, NEW MARTINSVILLE, FAIRMONT,  
MORGANTOWN, COOPERS ROCK, KINGWOOD, BRUCETON MILLS, TERRA ALTA,  
ROWLESBURG, HAZELTON, PARSONS, HENDRICKS, SAINT GEORGE, DAVIS,  
THOMAS, AND CANAAN VALLEY  
930 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2024  
   
..FIRE DANGER TODAY
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT THIS  
AFTERNOON AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER  
GUSTS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF FIRE START AND SPREAD.  
 
PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION IF HANDLING OPEN FLAMES OR EQUIPMENT THAT  
CREATES SPARKS. DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES, MATCHES, AND OTHER FLAMMABLE  
MATERIALS IN APPROPRIATE CONTAINERS.  
 
ANY FIRE THAT GETS STARTED COULD GROW OUT OF CONTROL UNDER THESE  
CONDITIONS.  
 
WEST VIRGINIA LAW PROHIBITS BURNING IN THE SPRING FROM 7 AM TO  
5 PM...MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST. OVERNIGHT BURNING IS HIGHLY  
DISCOURAGED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE RISK OF HOLDOVER EMBERS  
HEADING INTO TODAY.  
 

 
 
HEFFERAN  
 
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