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WWUS81 KCTP 231915
SPSCTP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
315 PM EDT TUE APR 23 2024
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-240000-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
315 PM EDT TUE APR 23 2024
..ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON
A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRE
SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT
ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH FROM THE SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF HANDLING ANY POTENTIAL
IGNITION SOURCES, SUCH AS MACHINERY, CIGARETTES, OR MATCHES.
IF DRY GRASSES AND TREE LITTER BEGIN TO BURN, THE FIRE WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER AND WILDFIRE
PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, PLEASE VISIT THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT
OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES WEBSITE AT
HTTP://DCNR.PA.GOV/COMMUNITIES/WILDFIRE.
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