Festus Fire Alarms Dispatch

(Delayed) R.I.P. Firefighter\EMT-P Greg Light of Eureka Fire Protection District

Fire Weather Watch
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
136 PM CST WED JAN 29 2014
..A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY...
STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY
AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST AND
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS EAST OF THE AREA. POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERY TONIGHT AND CONTINUED DRY WEATHER ON THURSDAY COUPLED
WITH DRY VEGETATION AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH
POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF NATURAL COVER FIRES OCCUR.

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
136 PM CST WED JAN 29 2014
..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FAR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101
CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MILLER...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 058 MARIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 070 PULASKI...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 071 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 LACLEDE...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 TEXAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 GREENE...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 WRIGHT...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 NEWTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 094
LAWRENCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 095 CHRISTIAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
096 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 HOWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
101 MCDONALD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 BARRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
103 STONE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 TANEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE
105 OZARK.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. ELEVATED FIRE DANGER
WILL ALSO OCCUR TONIGHT AS GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WITH MAXIMUM
HUMIDITY VALUES OF 40 TO 50 PERCENT. DAYTIME MINIMUM HUMIDITY ON
THURSDAY AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...NIGHT TIME LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO NEAR 50
DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR BURNING WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN
AND CONTROL THAN USUAL. NATURAL COVER FIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Everyone please be in prayer for the Potosi Fire District, Chief Knight!

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