RED FLAG WARNING: NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS, NORTHEAST ILLINOIS, NORTHWEST INDIANA Saturday Morning Through Saturday Afternoon

    URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
    955 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012

    WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
    LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
    LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
    955 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 /1055 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012/

    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/
    THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR
    NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...


    A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/
    THIS EVENING.

    * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
      ALONG WITH NORTHWEST INDIANA.

    * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

    * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT.

    * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE 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.

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