The NWS Blacksburg VA issued an updated red flag warning at 12:11 p.m. on Saturday in effect until 10 p.m. The warning is for Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a weather alert at 5:39 a.m. on Saturday for fire danger until 10 p.m. The alert is for Mainland Hyde, Northern Craven, Southern Craven, West Carteret, Inland Onslow and Coastal Onslow as well as Washington,

Much of North Carolina will reach “extreme” fire danger levels over the next several days, according to a state tracking tool. The heightened fire risk stretches across most of the state, with more than two-thirds of North Carolina counties in either the “extreme” or “very high” danger levels on Friday,