Red Flag Warning issued October 11 at 2:20AM EDT until October 11 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Marquette MI
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* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 002 Ontonagon and Fire Weather Zone 009 Gogebic. * TIMING...Until 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ this evening. * WINDS...Southwest 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 32 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. 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 and exceptionally dry fuels will create dangerous wildland fire conditions. Campfires, outdoor grills, smoking materials, fireworks, chain saws, and all-terrain vehicles all have the potential to throw a spark and ignite a dangerous and destructive fire.
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- MI, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Ontonagon; Gogebic
- event
- Red Flag Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-11T02:20:00-04:00
- states
- ["MI"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-11T02:20:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.af02b63cb8b25815341d701e2050ab4efb68f442.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7be955ace3aa52218d74827500fdb1c7b7e8fae8.001.1"]
- instruction
- 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 and exceptionally dry fuels will create dangerous wildland fire conditions. Campfires, outdoor grills, smoking materials, fireworks, chain saws, and all-terrain vehicles all have the potential to throw a spark and ignite a dangerous and destructive fire.
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- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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