Atlanta, Georgia

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Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): Union; Towns; Pickens; Dawson; Lumpkin; White; Bartow; Cherokee; Forsyth; Hall; Banks; Jackson; Madison; Paulding; Cobb; North Fulton; Gwinnett; Barrow; Clarke; Oconee; Oglethorpe; Wilkes; Douglas; South Fulton; DeKalb; Rockdale; Walton; Newton; Morgan; Greene; Taliaferro; Coweta; Fayette; Clayton; Spalding; Henry; Butts; Jasper; Putnam; Hancock; Warren; Pike; Lamar; Monroe; Jones; Baldwin; Washington; Glascock; Jefferson; Bibb; Twiggs; Wilkinson; Johnson; Emanuel; Bleckley; Laurens; Treutlen; Dodge; Telfair; Wheeler; Montgomery; Toombs
Effective: 2026-04-17 @ 12:44 am
Onset: 2026-04-17 @ 12:44 am -> 2026-04-17 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Peachtree City GA on 2026-04-17 @ 12:44 am
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued April 17 at 1:44AM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA
Description: Relative Humidities of 30 percent or less can be expected for 4
 or more hours this afternoon and evening. Winds will be west to
 northwest at 4-7 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.
Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): Rabun; Habersham; Stephens; Franklin; Hart; Elbert
Effective: 2026-04-17 @ 12:32 am
Onset: 2026-04-17 @ 12:32 am -> 2026-04-17 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC on 2026-04-17 @ 12:32 am
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued April 17 at 1:32AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Description: Relative humidity values will fall below 30 percent again this
 afternoon across northeast Georgia. With low fuel moisture, the
 ongoing drought, and favorable meteorological conditions, fires
 will be able to catch and spread rapidly.
Refer to your local burn permitting authority regarding whether
 you may burn outdoors.