SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
957 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-290100-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...
BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...
MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...
GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...
ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...
MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...
PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...
COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...
DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...
ABINGDON
957 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 /857 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016/

...ENHANCED FIRE DANGER WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE REST OF THE
DAY ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE..SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA...

ENHANCED FIRE DANGER IS DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THAT ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE BY
LATE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH POSSIBLE ABOVE
2000 FEET. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER 3500 FEET.
LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. VALLEY
LOCATIONS WILL SEE GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY 
VALUES AREN'T AS BIG OF A CONCERN AS THE WINDS TODAY. VALUES WILL
DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 40S ACROSS NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND UPPER 40S TO MID 50S
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TN VALLEY AND UPPER 50S TO MID 60S
ACROSS SOUTHWEST NC.

THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS NEAR ONGOING
WILDFIRES VERY DANGEROUS, ALLOWING THEM TO POSSIBLY SPREAD AT A
FAST RATE. ANY NEW FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO
SPREAD QUICKLY. 

RESIDENTS OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA NEED TO BE EXTRA VIGILANT TO PREVENT WILDFIRES...DUE
TO THE ENHANCED POTENTIAL FOR FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD.


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