Red flag warning including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes – Dangerous fire weather conditions – Saturday, March 1, 2025

Last updated on March 1, 2025 9:22 a.m.

… dangerous conditions for the spread of forest fires that evening…. The air humidity and airy, changing winds together with drying fuels may support dangerous forest fire states.

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118 p.m. EST SA March 1, 2025

… red flag warning from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
This evening for wind and low relative humidity for
Northwestern North Carolina …

The national weather service in Blacksburg has published a red flag
Warning of wind and low relative humidity that is actually in force
This morning from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST this evening. The fire
The weather clock is no longer in force.

* Affected area … in North Carolina, fire weather zone 001 Ashe,
Fire weather zone 002 Alleghany NC, fire weather zone 003
Surry, fire weather zone 004 Stokes, fire weather zone 005
Rockingham, fire weather zone 006 Caswell, fire weather zone
018 Watauga, fire weather zone 019 Wilkes and fire weather
Zone 020 Yadkin.

* Winds … Northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour with gusts of up to 35 miles per hour.

* Relative humidity … up to 22 percent.

* Effects … low air humidity and airy winds in addition to drying
Fuel can lead to fires that spread quickly.
The burning outdoors is very discouraged.

Prevention measures/preparation measures …

A warning of the red flags means that critical fire weather conditions critical fire weather conditions
have either occurred now … or shortly. A combination of
Strong winds … low relative humidity … and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.