URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1058 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
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LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
1058 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 /1158 AM EDT WED MAR 28 2012/
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID GROWTH OF WILD
FIRES.
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.
&&
$$
KREIN
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