National Weather Service Forecast Updated: 2:44 pm CDT May 19, 2012 This Afternoon Chance Tstms Hi 91 °F Tonight Chance Tstms Lo 64 °F Sunday Sunny Hi 88 °F Sunday Night Chance Tstms Lo 65 °F Monday Chance Tstms Hi 81 °F Monday Night Partly Cloudy Lo 57 °F Tuesday Sunny Hi 78 °F Tuesday Night Mostly Clear Lo 56 °F Wednesday Sunny Hi 82 °F

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
949 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-201000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-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-
949 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA WILL COMBINE WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OVER 15 MPH TO CREATE
AN ELEVATED RISK OF RAPID FIRE GROWTH TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
FROM THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA EAST TOWARD HOPKINSVILLE AND
ELKTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.

FINALLY...AN AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR HIGH OZONE LEVELS IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE EVANSVILLE REGION IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR HIGH OZONE LEVELS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR
VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM SUNDAY.

CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MONITORED THROUGH NEXT WEEK FOR AN ELEVATED
FIRE DANGER. MUCH OF THE AREA CONTINUES TO SEE DRY VEGETATION DUE
TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS. WHILE SOME RAIN IS FORECAST LATE SUNDAY
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING...EXTENDED DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

ALL CURRENT ADVISORIES:
Hazardous Weather Outlook