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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1113 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS, DRY FUELS, AND LOW HUMIDITY
TODAY...
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-303-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-290300-
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260329T0300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-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-
NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-CENTRAL GREENVILLE-SOUTHERN GREENVILLE-
NORTHERN SPARTANBURG-SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG-
1113 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
* AFFECTED AREA...CHEROKEE, YORK, RABUN, ANDERSON, ABBEVILLE,
LAURENS, UNION, CHESTER, HABERSHAM, STEPHENS, GREENWOOD,
FRANKLIN, HART, ELBERT, 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, OCONEE MOUNTAINS, PICKENS
MOUNTAINS, GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS, GREATER OCONEE, GREATER
PICKENS, CENTRAL GREENVILLE, SOUTHERN GREENVILLE, NORTHERN
SPARTANBURG, SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG, NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF
THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, CALDWELL MOUNTAINS,
GREATER CALDWELL, BURKE MOUNTAINS, GREATER BURKE, MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS, EASTERN MCDOWELL, RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS, GREATER
RUTHERFORD, POLK MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN POLK.
* TIMING...UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL CATCH AND SPREAD
QUICKLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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