Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 AM EST WED DEC 18 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-182300-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
445 AM EST WED DEC 18 2013

...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...

A DRY AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TODAY. THIS DRIER AIR
COMBINED WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WILL LEAD TO RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY FUEL
MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON.

PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER
YOU CAN BURN TODAY. IF YOU DO BURN...USE EXTREME CAUTION SINCE
FIRES CAN QUICKLY GET OUT OF HAND UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

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