...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS
AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVER ILLINOIS
AND SOUTH 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVER INDIANA.
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...SMALL FIRES COULD EASILY SPREAD AND BECOME WILDFIRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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