Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Greer, SC
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SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
543 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2013
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-132200-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
543 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2013
...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA ARE
FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE LARGER
FUELS REMAIN QUITE MOIST...BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE FINER FUELS
HAVE BECOME DRY. DURING THE MID AFTERNOON...WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS SHOULD SEE OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 20 MPH. THE
COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND PERIODS OF GUSTY
WINDS MAY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN FIRE DANGER ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS OF ANY
PLANS OF BURNING OUTDOORS.
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