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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
213 AM EDT WED APR 22 2026
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-221800-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
213 AM EDT WED APR 22 2026
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO FALL TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON, WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO BE AROUND 5 DEGREES WARMER THAN TUESDAY. MEANWHILE, WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON, WITH
SOME GUSTS OF 15-20 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH
VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR THE
RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ACROSS THE AREA, ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON.
PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER
YOU CAN BURN TODAY
NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-221800-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-
HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-
213 AM EDT WED APR 22 2026
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT
RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT ELEVATED IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. THE LOW HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS
AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR THE
RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES ACROSS THE AREA.
A STATEWIDE BURN BAN HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREST
SERVICE. OUTDOOR BURNING IS PROHIBITED.
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