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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
203 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2026
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-220015-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
203 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2026
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH 8 PM THIS
EVENING...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO FALL TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LIGHT, THE LOW HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL
RESULT IN AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE
ACROSS THE AREA, ESPECIALLY THROUGH SUNSET.
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>510-220015-
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-
203 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2026
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT
RANGE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE STRONGER IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH SOME
GUSTS IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE. THE LOW HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH
OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN AN
ELEVATED THREAT FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ACROSS THE AREA.
A STATEWIDE BURN BAN HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREST
SERVICE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE DONE.
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