The National Weather Service in State College issued a Fire Weather Watch for Schuylkill County and other northeastern counties Monday (May 4, 2015) afternoon through evening.

Below is the warning via Weather.gov:

URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
443 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 2015

PAZ037-041-042-046-051>053-058-059-066-041300-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FW.A.0002.150504T1600Z-150505T0000Z/
TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-LANCASTER-

443 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 2015.

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND THE ENDLESS
MOUNTAIN REGION OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA…ENDLESS MOUNTAIN REGION SOUTHWARD THROUGH
PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE TO LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY.

* WINDS…SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH BETWEEN 1PM AND 6PM.

* TIMING…RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BE REACHED BY EARLY AFTERNOON
AS SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE AND GUST TO 20 MPH OR ABOVE BY 1 PM
AND LAST INTO EARLY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES…UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.

* IMPACTS…THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND
SPREAD OF WILD FIRES…OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF
CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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.

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT…
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CTP (ALL LOWER CASE)