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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
217 AM EDT THU OCT 23 2025
NCZ087-096-099-105>110-232300-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-
INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LUMBERTON, ELIZABETHTOWN, BLADENBORO,
WHITEVILLE, TABOR CITY, CHADBOURN, LAKE WACCAMAW, BURGAW,
SURF CITY, WILMINGTON, MASONBORO, MYRTLE GROVE, OGDEN,
CAROLINA BEACH, SEAGATE, BOILING SPRING LAKES, LELAND, SHALLOTTE,
OAK ISLAND, LONG BEACH, SOUTHPORT, AND SUNSET BEACH
217 AM EDT THU OCT 23 2025
..FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT TODAY FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM
THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DIFFERING
LEVELS OF DROUGHT ESPECIALLY ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST NC COAST...WILL
ALL COMBINE WITH PERIODIC W TO NW WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 15 MPH.
THIS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST NC
LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AS RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES DROP TO THE LOW AND MID 20S EXCEPT AROUND 30 AT
THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR
LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER BURNING IS ALLOWED
FOR TODAY. IF YOU MUST BURN, USE EXTREME CAUTION, AS FIRES CAN
SPREAD RAPIDLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.
DCH
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