A Red Flag Warning is in effect this afternoon and evening across northeast Georgia, with a Fire Danger Statement covering the rest of north and central Georgia as dangerously dry conditions elevate wildfire risk. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged today and tonight, and hazardous fire weather conditions are likely each afternoon through Friday across the region.
The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for north and central Georgia for Monday, April 20.
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What does the National Weather Service say?
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.
.DAY ONE…Today and Tonight…
A Red Flag Warning is in effect this afternoon and evening across
northeast Georgia, with a Fire Danger Statement across the rest of
the area. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Tuesday through Sunday…
Hazardous fire weather conditions are likely each afternoon
through Friday due to very dry antecedent conditions.
Counties included in the alert
- Baldwin
- Banks
- Barrow
- Bartow
- Bibb
- Bleckley
- Butts
- Carroll
- Catoosa
- Chattahoochee
- Chattooga
- Cherokee
- Clarke
- Clayton
- Cobb
- Coweta
- Crawford
- Crisp
- Dade
- Dawson
- DeKalb
- Dodge
- Dooly
- Douglas
- Emanuel
- Fannin
- Fayette
- Floyd
- Forsyth
- Gilmer
- Glascock
- Gordon
- Greene
- Gwinnett
- Hall
- Hancock
- Haralson
- Harris
- Heard
- Henry
- Houston
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Jones
- Lamar
- Laurens
- Lumpkin
- Macon
- Madison
- Marion
- Meriwether
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- Murray
- Muscogee
- Newton
- North Fulton
- Oconee
- Oglethorpe
- Paulding
- Peach
- Pickens
- Pike
- Polk
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Rockdale
- Schley
- South Fulton
- Spalding
- Stewart
- Sumter
- Talbot
- Taliaferro
- Taylor
- Telfair
- Toombs
- Towns
- Treutlen
- Troup
- Twiggs
- Union
- Upson
- Walker
- Walton
- Warren
- Washington
- Webster
- Wheeler
- White
- Whitfield
- Wilcox
- Wilkes
- Wilkinson
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