PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — There is an “elevated risk of adverse fire behavior” in several Piedmont Triad counties on Monday, according to the National Weather Service Raleigh.
The Special Weather Statement is in effect from 5:54 a.m. EST to 7 p.m. EST on Monday.
According to the NWS, “the combination of very dry fine fuels like grasses and tree debris, limited rainfall in the last week, and very low relative humidity dropping to 15 to 20 percent will lead to an elevated risk of adverse fire behavior today.”
The following Triad counties are among those included in the Special Weather Statement:
- Alamance County
- Guilford County
- Forsyth County
- Davidson County
- Randolph County
Officials urge people to avoid outdoor burning as fires can grow quickly in today’s weather conditions and to properly extinguish any smoking materials. You should also make sure you have fire suppression equipment nearby and ready.
These are other North Carolina counties impacted by the Special Weather Statement:
- Person County
- Granville County
- Vance County
- Warren County
- Halifax County
- Orange County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Nash County
- Edgecombe County
- Chatham County
- Wake County
- Johnston County
- Wilson County
- Stanly County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Lee County
- Harnett County
- Wayne County
- Anson County
- Richmond County
- Scotland County
- Cumberland County
- Sampson County
