SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 238 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2010
Expiration: 845 PM EDT TUE SEP 07 2010
...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... RECENT DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH THIS AFTERNOONS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS HAS BROUGHT AND ELEVATED FIRE RISK TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. OPEN BURNING INTO THIS EVENING CAN BE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS. ACCIDENTAL ESCAPED DEBRIS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRE TO SPREAD. IN WILD LAND AREAS BE CAREFUL WITH HEAT AND SPARKS WHILE OPERATING ANY EQUIPMENT...OR SMOKING. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT BRINGING SHOWERS FOLLOWED BY COOLER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 856 AM EDT TUE SEP 7 2010
Expiration: 900 AM EDT WED SEP 08 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT MAY BE STRONG WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORM WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...THE COMBINATION OF LOW FUEL MOISTURE...RISING TEMPS...RELATIVELY LOW DEW POINTS...AND GUSTY WINDS COULD PRODUCE A FIRE HAZARD. ALTHOUGH...THE RED FLAG CRITERIA IS NOT FORECAST TO BE MET...THIS SITUATION SHOULD BE MONITORED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.