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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
1252 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2026  
 
ILZ075>078-080>087-091-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ010-013>022-082200-  
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-  
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-HARDIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-  
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-CRITTENDEN-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-  
HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MOUNT VERNON, FAIRFIELD, ALBION,  
MOUNT CARMEL, PINCKNEYVILLE, WEST FRANKFORT, MCLEANSBORO, CARMI,  
CARBONDALE, MURPHYSBORO, HERRIN, HARRISBURG, SHAWNEETOWN,  
ELIZABETHTOWN, FORT BRANCH, PETERSBURG, POSEYVILLE, EVANSVILLE,  
BOONVILLE, ROCKPORT, MARION, PRINCETON, MORGANFIELD, DIXON,  
MADISONVILLE, HOPKINSVILLE, HENDERSON, OWENSBORO, CALHOUN,  
GREENVILLE, AND ELKTON  
1252 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2026 /152 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2026/  
   
..ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON  
 
DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION TODAY, WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE  
HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 13,  
SOUTHWEST INDIANA, AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY.  
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OUT OF THE EAST-NORTHEAST, GENERALLY 5 MPH OR  
LESS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR BURNING TODAY, USE EXTRA  
CAUTION.  
 
 
 
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