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WWUS82 KCHS 281756
RFWCHS
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING DUE
TO CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY, DRY FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-290000-
/O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260329T0000Z/
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-
DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-
CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2026
..RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA.
* TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS 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...
FOLLOW ALL FIRE RESTRICTIONS. ONE LESS SPARK, ONE LESS WILDFIRE.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS,
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
BRS
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