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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
435 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025

TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-190000-
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-Northwest 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-
Including the cities of Big South Fork National, Oneida,
Smokey Junction, Elgin, Huntsville, Norma, Slick Rock, Fincastle,
La Follette, Elk Valley, Jellico, White Oak, Caryville,
Royal Blue, Lone Mountain, Sandlick, Springdale, Arthur,
Harrogate-Shawanee, Clairfield, Howard Quarter, Evanston,
Sneedville, Treadway, Kyles Ford, Mooresburg, Kingsport,
Bristol TN, South Holston Dam, Doeville, Mountain City, Neva,
Shady Valley, Trade, Laurel Bloomery, Pine Orchard, High Point,
Petros, Oak Ridge, Clinton, Maynardville, Norris Lake, Paulette,
Rose Hill, Sharps Chapel, Luttrell, Bean Station, Alpha,
Morristown, Russellville, Bybee, Newport, Hartford, Greeneville,
Cedar Creek, Johnson City, Erwin, Unicoi, Limestone Cove,
Elizabethton, Hampton, Harriman, Eagle Furnace, Rockwood,
Bradbury, Fairview, Kingston, Oliver Springs, Lenoir City,
Loudon, Bearden, Knoxville, Lake Forest, Jefferson City,
Strawberry Plains, Chestnut Hill, Dandridge, White Pine,
Happy Valley, Maryville, Alcoa, Cades Cove, Harrisburg, Kodak,
McMahan, Sevierville, Seymour, Pigeon Forge, Elkmont, Gatlinburg,
Cagle, Dunlap, Cartwright, Lone Oak, Old Cumberland, Palio,
Melvine, Mount Crest, Pikeville, Brayton, Dayton, Evensville,
Old Washington, Grandview, Spring City, Big Spring, Athens,
Clear Water, Dentville, Etowah, Sweetwater, Madisonville,
Bullet Creek, Citico, Coker Creek, South Pittsburg,
Haletown (Guild), Jasper, Martin Springs, Whitwell,
Powells Crossroads, Monteagle, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain,
Signal Mountain, Cleveland, Tasso, Conasauga, Archville, Benton,
Parksville, Reliance, Big Frog Mountain, Ducktown, and Turtletown
435 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025 /335 AM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025/

...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING FOR EAST TENNESSEE DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND
GUSTY WINDS...

Afternoon relative humidities of 30 percent or less can be
expected this afternoon into the early evening hours. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the valley, up to 35
mph in the mountains, can be expected.

Despite increasing green spring vegetation, recent dry weather
conditions will create the potential for fires to spread,
especially amongst dead litter. Fire danger will subside into the
evening as relative humidity values recover heading into the
night.

Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities
whether you may burn outdoors.  If you do burn outside,
use extreme caution.

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