URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
440 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012
COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER-
440 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012
National Weather Service …RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS
FOR AREAS AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN…
* AFFECTED AREA…COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS AND LAKE AND PORTER
COUNTIES IN INDIANA.
* WINDS…NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TIMING…CONDITIONS MAY REACH RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA BRIEFLY
THIS AFTERNOON AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS…ANY SMALL FIRE MAY QUICKLY SPREAD AND BECOME A
WILDFIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.
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.