Scores of counties - includng all of those in north Georgia - are part of a Red Flag Warning that has been posted by the National Weather Service (NWS) because of the brisk winds and low humidities that are expected today.
Red Flag Warning:
FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-
GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-
DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-
TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-
TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-
TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS COUNTIES.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST
MONDAY OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST MONDAY.
THIS RED FLAG WARNINGS INCLUDE THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.
ON MONDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 17 TO 25 PERCENT FOR A DURATION OF 4 TO
6 HOURS. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY WEST AROUND 5 TO 9 MPH. THIS
WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITY CONCERNING
WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE
EXTREME CAUTION.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THESE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 36 HOURS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER
YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME
CAUTION.
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