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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
224 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2026
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-220000-
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
224 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2026 /324 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2026/
..ELEVATED WILDFIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON
ELEVATED CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON,
MAINLY BETWEEN 12 PM AND 7 PM CDT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
FALL TO 25 TO 35% THIS AFTERNOON, AND WINDS WILL BE BREEZY FROM
THE SOUTH, SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH
FORECAST. VEGETATION IS DRY DUE TO ONGOING MODERATE TO EXTREME
DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION.
OUTDOOR BURNING AND ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE OPEN SPARKS OR FLAMES
ARE DISCOURAGED. PLEASE REPORT ALL WILDFIRES TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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