Foothills Weather Network, McDowell County

11/16/2025

Weather Alert: Special Weather Statement for Alexander, Iredell, Davie, Catawba, Rowan, Cleveland, Lincoln, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, Caldwell Mountains, Greater Caldwell, Burke Mountains, Greater Burke, McDowell Mountains, Eastern McDowell, Rutherford Mountains, Greater Rutherford, Polk Mountains, Eastern Polk

Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected

A dry air mass moves into the area behind a departing cold front today. With warm temperatures remaining in place, relative humidity values will drop into the 20 to 25 percent range across the North Carolina foothills and Piedmont. Northwest wind gusts to around 25 mph will continue into the afternoon as well. The combination of low relative humidity and gusty winds will lead to Increased Fire Danger across these areas this afternoon and evening. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.

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11/16/2025

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11/16/2025

Your Sunday is going to feature and increased fire 🔥 danger across the region due to gusty winds and lowering humidity.

11/16/2025

High fire danger ⚠️ for Sunday…

It is going to be a windy day across the region with low humidity . The blue shading is sustained winds of 15 mph. There will be gusts of 25-30 during the afternoon.

Mountain winds will be higher. DO NOT burn anything outdoors tomorrow. 🔥🚫

11/16/2025

UPDATE (10:50 pm): The source of any loud sounds or shaking this evening was not from any seismic activity. There have been reports of a meteorite across multiple southeast states around 7 pm but no indications of any space debris reaching the surface. The potential of a sonic boom from a meteorite would have likely included debris being tracked through the lower atmosphere.

So in other words, what likely occurred was a result of something man-made.

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We are getting comments about a loud boom that’s been heard across parts of McDowell County in the last few minutes.

So far no indications from the USGS of seismic activity.

Let us know what you heard and your location.

11/15/2025

Weather Alert: Special Weather Statement for Alexander, Iredell, Davie, Catawba, Rowan, Cleveland, Lincoln, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, Caldwell Mountains, Greater Caldwell, Burke Mountains, Greater Burke, McDowell Mountains, Eastern McDowell, Rutherford Mountains, Greater Rutherford, Polk Mountains, Eastern Polk

Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected

A dry air mass moves into the area behind a departing cold front on Sunday. With warm temperatures remaining in place, relative humidity values will drop into the 20 to 25 percent range across the North Carolina foothills and Piedmont. Northwest wind gusts to around 25 mph will continue into the afternoon as well. The combination of low relative humidity and gusty winds will lead to Increased Fire Danger across these areas. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.

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11/15/2025

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11/15/2025

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11/15/2025

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11/15/2025

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