The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning ... further notice. Even a small act like flicking a cigarette butt out of a car window could ignite a blaze, so heightened caution ...

Any advance notice of the danger can be life-saving ... A tornado watch and a tornado warning both signal potential danger, but they carry different levels of urgency and call for different ...

A parkwide fire ban has been issued in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park until further notice ... A Red Flag Warning has been issued for the area as well. High Fire Danger and Fire Ban ...