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SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
828 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2026
NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-221000-
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-
828 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2026
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 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 SOMEWHAT ELEVATED IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. THE LOW HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS
AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR THE
SPREAD OF WILDFIRES ACROSS THE AREA.
A STATEWIDE BURN BAN HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREST
SERVICE. OUTDOOR BURNING IS PROHIBITED.
JPT
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