The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 11:03 a.m. on Wednesday for fire danger until 11:15 p.m. The alert is for Fannin, Union, Towns, Lumpkin, White, Hall, Banks, Jackson, Madison, Barrow, Clarke, Oglethorpe and Wilkes counties.
"Relative Humidities of 25 percent or less can be expected for 4 or more hours this afternoon into the evening. Winds will be northwest at 5 to 10 MPH. With dry fuels, high fire danger conditions can be expected. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities whether you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside, use extreme caution," according to the NWS.
Source: The National Weather Service
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