Red Flag Warning Fire Risk for Brush and Wildlands Effective Monday 7 AM CDT Until 9 PM CDT

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URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
515 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

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515 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012 /615 PM EDT SUN OCT 7 2012/

…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /8 AM EDT/ TO 9 PM
CDT /10 PM EDT/ MONDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /8 AM EDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /10 PM EDT/ MONDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA…NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

* WINDS…SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING…THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING AND AID IN LOWERING
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AROUND 25 PERCENT.

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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