The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Danger warning for this afternoon:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1217 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2016INZ012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ015-016-024-025-272200-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…KNOX…NORTH JUDSON…BASS LAKE…
WINAMAC…FRANCESVILLE…MEDARYVILLE…PLYMOUTH…BREMEN…
CULVER…ROCHESTER…AKRON…WARSAW…WINONA LAKE…SYRACUSE…
MENTONE…COLUMBIA CITY…TRI-LAKES…SOUTH WHITLEY…
FORT WAYNE…NEW HAVEN…MONTICELLO…MONON…BROOKSTON…
LOGANSPORT…ROYAL CENTER…PERU…GRISSOM AFB…MEXICO…
WABASH…NORTH MANCHESTER…HUNTINGTON…ROANOKE…BLUFFTON…
OSSIAN…DECATUR…BERNE…MARION…GAS CITY…UPLAND…
HARTFORD CITY…MONTPELIER…PORTLAND…DUNKIRK…PAULDING…
ANTWERP…PAYNE…OTTAWA…LEIPSIC…COLUMBUS GROVE…
CONTINENTAL…PANDORA…VAN WERT…OHIO CITY…LIMA…
SPENCERVILLE
1217 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2016 /1117 AM CDT TUE SEP 27 2016/…INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON DURING HARVEST OPERATIONS…
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO NEAR 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A DRY AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL WITH HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT IN MANY LOCATIONS. SOUTH OF ROUTE 30…HUMIDITY VALUES COULD DROP INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. WHILE MOST FUELS REMAIN MOIST AND GREEN…FALL CROPS CONTINUE TO DRY AND HARVEST OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN MANY AREAS. HOT EQUIPMENT TEMPERATURES
MAY ALLOW FOR AN INCREASED RISK OF FIELD FIRES IN BOTH HARVESTED AND UNHARVESTED FIELDS THAT COULD GO OUT OF CONTROL WHILE WINDS REMAIN ON THE GUSTY SIDE.CAUTION IS ADVISED THIS AFTERNOON WHILE FARMERS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HARVEST BEFORE WETTER CONDITIONS ARRIVE.
See the Short term graphicast issued earlier this afternoon.