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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
213 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-271130-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR...
HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...
WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...
CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...
NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...
LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY...
SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...
SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...
MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...
SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...
GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...
EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...
FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON
213 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY...

A BREEZY WESTERLY WIND WILL ADVECT A VERY DRY AIR MASS INTO
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA IN THURSDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES ARE FORECAST TO DROP AS LOW AS 13 TO 18 PERCENT ACROSS THE
NORTH AND 18 TO 23 PERCENT ACROSS THE SOUTH. WESTERLY WINDS WILL
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 18 TO 23 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE MORNING
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

THESE CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FINE FUELS SUCH AS DEAD
GRASSES AND LEAVES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT MAY RESULT IN AN
INCREASE IN FIRE ACTIVITY.

OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. IF ANY BURNING IS CONDUCTED...MAKE
SURE THE APPROPRIATE MATERIALS AND MANPOWER ARE ON HAND TO
QUICKLY SUPPRESS ANY FIRE THAT FLARES UP. 

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