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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1249 PM EST TUE NOV 4 2025
NCZ007>009-021>025-038>041-050900-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-
DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROXBORO, OXFORD, CREEDMOOR, HENDERSON,
KITTRELL, WINSTON-SALEM, GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT, BURLINGTON,
GRAHAM, MEBANE, HILLSBOROUGH, CHAPEL HILL, CARRBORO, DURHAM,
ROUGEMONT, LEXINGTON, THOMASVILLE, ASHEBORO, ARCHDALE,
SILER CITY, PITTSBORO, RALEIGH, CARY, APEX, WAKE FOREST,
AND KNIGHTDALE
1249 PM EST TUE NOV 4 2025
..INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY FROM 11 AM UNTIL 6 PM
ALTHOUGH RECENT RAINS HAVE LED TO SOME INCREASED SOIL MOISTURE,
ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE STILL PRESENT OVER PORTIONS OF THE
PIEDMONT. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING INTO THE
30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH,
AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PIEDMONT.
THIS IS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM. THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE POTENTIAL AND A THREAT OF
ADVERSE FIRE BEHAVIOR.
PLEASE CONSULT YOUR LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES AS TO WHETHER
BURNING IS ALLOWED FOR WEDNESDAY. IF YOU MUST BURN, USE EXTREME
CAUTION, AS FIRES CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.
THIS IS A CORRECTION TO THE PREVIOUS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT TO
REMOVE COUNTIES THAT WERE INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
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