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Red Flag Warning
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
359 PM EDT WED MAY 15 2013

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN INLAND
FROM LAKE SUPERIOR...

.WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH HAVE ALSO
BEEN COMMON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND HUMIDITY VALUES OF 14 TO 25 PERCENT WILL
MODERATE TOWARD SUNSET...WITH WINDS RELAXING TO 15 MPH OR LESS.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 25
PERCENT WILL BE COMMON ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER ON THURSDAY. MUCH
LIGHTER WINDS WILL BE OVERHEAD THOUGH...AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. SLIGHTLY
STRONGER WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF UPPER
MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY.

MIZ002-004>006-009>014-084-085-160100-
/O.CON.KMQT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130516T0100Z/
ONTONAGON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-
DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
359 PM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 /259 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 ONTONAGON...FIRE WEATHER
  ZONE 004 BARAGA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 MARQUETTE...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 006 ALGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 GOGEBIC...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 010 IRON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 DICKINSON...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 012 MENOMINEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 DELTA...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  084 SOUTHERN HOUGHTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 NORTHERN
  SCHOOLCRAFT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30
  MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S.

* IMPACTS...BURN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE
  INFORMATION ON BURN RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE MICHIGAN DNR
  WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.MICHIGAN.GOV/BURNPERMIT...ALL LOWER
  CASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM
TEMPERATURES AND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
WILDLAND FIRE CONDITIONS. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING
MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE
FIRE.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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KF
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
