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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
153 AM EDT WED APR 15 2026
NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-151700-
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-
153 AM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON, WITH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS. WITH VEGETATION REMAINING DRY, THE ONGOING
DROUGHT, AND FAVORABLE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, FIRES WILL BE
ABLE TO CATCH AND SPREAD RAPIDLY.
REFER TO YOUR LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITY REGARDING WHETHER
YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS TODAY. IF YOU DO BURN, EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION AS FIRES CAN QUICKLY GET OUT OF HAND UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS.
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-151700-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
153 AM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 30 TO 35 PERCENT
RANGE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS. WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE, THE ONGOING DROUGHT,
AND FAVORABLE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, FIRES WILL BE ABLE TO
CATCH AND SPREAD RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON.
REFER TO YOUR LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITY REGARDING WHETHER
YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS TODAY. IF YOU DO BURN, EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION AS FIRES CAN QUICKLY GET OUT OF HAND UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS.
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