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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
118 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

NCZ060-061-TNZ081>087-098>102-160000-
Cherokee-Clay-Sequatchie-Bledsoe-Rhea-Meigs-McMinn-
Northwest Monroe-Southeast Monroe-Marion-Hamilton-Bradley-
West Polk-East Polk-
Including the cities of Andrews, Marble, Topton, Hiawasse Dam,
Murphy, Unaka, Violet, Shooting Creek, Brasstown, Hayesville,
Tusquitee, Cagle, Dunlap, Cartwright, Lone Oak, Old Cumberland,
Palio, Melvine, Mount Crest, Pikeville, Brayton, Dayton,
Evensville, Old Washington, Grandview, Spring City, Big Spring,
Athens, Clear Water, Dentville, Etowah, Sweetwater, Madisonville,
Bullet Creek, Citico, Coker Creek, South Pittsburg,
Haletown (Guild), Jasper, Martin Springs, Whitwell,
Powells Crossroads, Monteagle, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain,
Signal Mountain, Cleveland, Tasso, Conasauga, Archville, Benton,
Parksville, Reliance, Big Frog Mountain, Ducktown, and Turtletown
118 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025 /1218 PM CDT Tue Apr 15 2025/

...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA DUE
TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...

Relative Humidities of 30 percent or less can be expected this
afternoon into the evening. Winds will be northwest at 10 to 15
MPH with gusts up to 30 MPH this afternoon.

This combination will lead to dangerous fire conditions for areas
that have not recently received rainfall.

Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities
whether you may burn outdoors.  If you do burn outside,
use extreme caution.

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