Brush fires reported in North Central Illinois and Western Illinois. Brush fires have been reported today in Kankakee County; Oquawka, Illinois near Iowa; the Indiana Dunes; Channahon, Illinois. A grass fire was also burning near Grossinger Chevrolet.
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.