284 FNUS64 KLZK 110919 RFDLZK FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 430 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-022>025-031>034-039-042>047-054>057-062>065- 067>069-120000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY- DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MARION-MONROE- NEWTON-PERRY-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE- VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...ARKANSAS CITY...ASH FLAT... AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE...BAUXITE...BEE BRANCH...BEEBE... BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT... BULL SHOALS...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE... CLARENDON...CLINTON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT...DE VALLS BLUFF... DE WITT...DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO... ENGLAND...FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION... GASSVILLE...GEORGETOWN...GILLETT...GOULD...GRADY...GREENBRIER... GREERS FERRY...HAMPTON...HARDY...HARRISON...HASKELL...HAZEN... HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...HORSESHOE BEND... HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HUMNOKE... HUMPHREY...JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...KINGSLAND... LACEY...LEAD HILL...LEOLA...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE... MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER... MCCRORY...MCGEHEE...MELBOURNE...MONTICELLO...MORO BAY... MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...NORFORK... NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH...OMAHA...OXFORD...PARON... PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN... PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD... RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD...STAR CITY... STUTTGART...SUMMIT...SWIFTON...THORNTON...TUCKERMAN...VILONIA... VIOLA...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WRIGHTSVILLE...YELLVILLE 430 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2013 ...WILDFIRE DANGER CONTINUES TO INCREASE... PROLONGED DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE PROMPTED THE ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION TO PUT THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE IN MODERATE OR HIGH FIRE DANGER. THE ONLY PART OF THE STATE LISTED IN THE LOW CATEGORY ARE NINE COUNTIES ACROSS THE NORTH. THE HIGHEST FIRE DANGER IS CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. WITH A LACK OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION...VEGETATION SUCH AS GRASS AND SHRUBS THAT TEND TO CARRY FIRES CONTINUE TO DRY OUT. BURN BANS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN 23 COUNTIES. HUMIDITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW THIRTY PERCENT AND WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT BUT CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN PRIMED FOR WILDFIRES DUE TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRYNESS OF THE FUELS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND WHILE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE BOUNDARY...WIDESPREAD RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. GIVEN THE DRY CONDITIONS...ANY UNCONTROLLED BURNS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE DOING ANY OUTDOOR BURNING WHERE BURN BANS ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN EFFECT. $$ 56