Special weather statement still valid

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
237 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311100-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE...
BAUXITE...BEARDEN...BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...
BONNERDALE...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...BULL SHOALS...
CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...
GASSVILLE...GEORGETOWN...GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...
GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...GREERS FERRY...GURDON...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...MENA...MONTICELLO...
MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...MOUNT MAGAZINE...
MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NEWPORT...
NORFORK...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH...OKOLONA...
OLA...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...
PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN...
PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...
RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...
STEPHENS...STUTTGART...SUMMIT...SWIFTON...THORNTON...TUCKERMAN...
VILONIA...VIOLA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY...YELLVILLE
237 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

...DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN ARKANSAS...

HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO TOP
100 DEGREES....WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING OR POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 110
DEGREES. AS HEATING OCCURS...DRY AIR ALOFT WILL TEND TO MIX TO THE
GROUND...AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP BELOW 30
PERCENT...POSSIBLY BELOW 20 PERCENT IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS WILL
BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE CLOSEST
TO THE CENTER OF THE HIGH PRESSURE.

IN ADDITION TO VERY HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...
VEGETATION IS BONE DRY IN MOST OF ARKANSAS. NINETY SIX PERCENT OF
THE STATE IS EXPERIENCING AT LEAST SEVERE DROUGHT...WITH EXTREME
TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT IN THREE QUARTERS OF THE STATE. THE REGION
EXPERIENCED THE DRIEST APRIL THROUGH JUNE ON RECORD...AND
BENEFICIAL RAIN HAS BEEN SPOTTY SO FAR IN JULY.

WITH LITTLE TO NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST...AND DETERIORATING
DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXPECTED...DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL
BE NOTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. FIRES WILL TEND
TO START EASILY...AND THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY GIVEN LITTLE
MOISTURE IN THE GRASS AND TREES. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRES TO SPREAD MORE
QUICKLY.

THE ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS THE ENTIRE STATE IN A HIGH
FIRE DANGER. MOST COUNTIES ARE UNDER BURN BANS...EXCEPT FOR
COUNTIES MAINLY IN THE SOUTH AND EAST.

OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN ARKANSAS UNTIL
WIDESPREAD SUBSTANTIAL RAIN FALLS. ANY UNCONTROLLED OR ACCIDENTAL
FIRES COULD QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL.