iNWS Alert

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... .The combination of decreasing relative humidity through the afternoon and very gusty wind gusts behind a departing cold front, will allow for a narrow window of Red Flag conditions Monday afternoon. However, limiting factors will be temperatures trending much colder also during the afternoon, and the potential for at least some added surface moisture from scattered showers during the morning hours.

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1254 PM EST Sun Dec 28 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
from noon to 6 PM EST Monday.

* AFFECTED AREA...In North Carolina, Fire Weather Zone 004
Stokes, Fire Weather Zone 005 Rockingham and Fire Weather Zone
006 Caswell.

* WINDS...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 25 percent.

* IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...and low relative humidity can contribute to
extreme fire behavior.

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