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WWUS82 KCHS 270600
RFWCHS
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
200 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY, DRY FUELS AND GUSTY
WINDS FOR JENKINS, SCREVEN, CANDLER, BULLOCH, EFFINGHAM, TATTNALL,
EVANS, INLAND BRYAN, COASTAL BRYAN, INLAND CHATHAM, COASTAL CHATHAM,
LONG, INLAND LIBERTY, ALLENDALE, HAMPTON, INLAND COLLETON,
DORCHESTER, INLAND BERKELEY, INLAND JASPER, BEAUFORT, COASTAL
COLLETON, CHARLESTON, COASTAL JASPER, AND TIDAL BERKELEY...
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137-138-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-271400-
/O.NEW.KCHS.FW.A.0001.260328T1200Z-260329T0000Z/
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-
INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-
COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
200 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH.
* AFFECTED AREA...IN GEORGIA, JENKINS, SCREVEN, CANDLER, BULLOCH,
EFFINGHAM, TATTNALL, EVANS, INLAND BRYAN, COASTAL BRYAN, INLAND
CHATHAM, COASTAL CHATHAM, LONG, AND INLAND LIBERTY. IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, ALLENDALE, HAMPTON, INLAND COLLETON, DORCHESTER, INLAND
BERKELEY, INLAND JASPER, BEAUFORT, COASTAL COLLETON, CHARLESTON,
COASTAL JASPER, AND TIDAL BERKELEY.
* TIMING...FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THE VALID WATCH TIME. THESE CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE
THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES WHICH COULD BECOME LIFE-THREATENING.
FOLLOW ALL FIRE RESTRICTIONS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD CAUSE
SPARKS.
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