Red Flag warning MI Northern Lower Penn

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FYI

 

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOREMMET, CHEBOYGAN, PRESQUE ISLE, CHARLEVOIX, LEELANAU, ANTRIM,

ALPENA, BENZIE, GRAND TRAVERSE, ALCONA, MANISTEE, WEXFORD,

MISSAUKEE, ROSCOMMON, OGEMAW, AND IOSCO COUNTIES

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG

WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

 

 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 022, 023, 027, 028, AND

029.

 

 

* WIND...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 18 TO 22 MPH

 

 

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 23 TO 28 PERCENT.

 

 

* THUNDERSTORMS...NONE.

 

 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.

OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

 

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 CAN

CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

 

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Issuing Office: Alpena/Gaylord

 

Source: National Weather Service

 

Issued: Mon, Jun 11, 11:19 AM EDT