NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-VA12666C7D9670.SpecialWeatherStatement.12666C7F0D70VA.MRXSPSMRX.3d7d5825554e67fd0908f593d55b5d96w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2023-11-16T08:40:00-05:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Lee; Russell; Scott; Washington; Wise (Virginia) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetSpecial Weather StatementExpectedMinorObservedSAMESPS2023-11-16T08:40:00-05:002023-11-16T18:00:00-05:00NWS Knoxville (Eastern Tennessee)Special Weather Statement issued November 16 at 8:40AM EST by NWS Knoxville...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE LOW RELATIVEHUMIDITY...Ongoing drought conditions combined with low afternoon relativehumidity values will lead to an elevated fire danger risk today.Relative humidity values will drop into the 20 percent rangeacross much of the area this afternoon. Winds will be generallyout of the east to southeast at 5 to 15 mph.Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whetheryou can burn today. Use extreme caution when burning as fires mayget out of hand quickly in these conditions.WMOHEADERUGCTNZ012>018-035>047-069-070-073-074-VAZ001-002-005-006-008VTECTIME...MOT...LOCLee; Russell; Scott; Washington; WiseFIPS6051105FIPS6051167FIPS6051169FIPS6051191FIPS6051195FIPS6051520FIPS6051720UGCVAZ001UGCVAZ002UGCVAZ005UGCVAZ006UGCVAZ008