Expected

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast Illinois, including the following counties, Cook and Will and northwest Indiana, including the following county, Lake IN. * WHEN...Until 615 PM CDT. * IMPACTS...Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Underpasses may be flooded. Roads and streets may be flooded. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 307 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain with rates in excess of 1 inch per hour.

Windy conditions will develop this afternoon and continue into tonight, even outside of any thunderstorms that develop. Southerly winds will gust up to 30-40 mph, with a few gusts to 45 mph possible. Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. The wind gusts may make driving more difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on east-west oriented roads.

* WHAT...During the Small Craft Advisory, expect sustained winds up to 28 knots from the southwest with isolated gusts up to 34 knots. The largest significant waves will be 5 feet with a potential maximum wave height of 7 feet. During the Low Water Advisory, abnormally low water levels expected. * WHERE...Michigan Waters of Lake Erie from Detroit River to North Cape MI. * WHEN...During the Small Craft Advisory, the maximum winds are expected around 11 PM EDT Wednesday with the largest waves

Outside of thunderstorms, windy conditions will develop this evening and continue tonight. South to southwest winds will gust up to 30-40 mph, with a few gusts to 45 mph possible. Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. The wind gusts may make driving more difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on east-west oriented roads.

At 251 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Vayland, or 10 miles east of Miller, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Vayland. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

At 253 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 26 miles southeast of Burns Point to 30 miles west of Cocodrie to 34 miles southwest of Dulac. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. These storms will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Terrebonne Parish. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of northern Maine, including the following county, Aroostook. * WHEN...Until 700 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 353 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected

* AFFECTED AREA...In Colorado, Fire Weather Zone 203 Lower Colorado River and Fire Weather Zone 205 Colorado River Headwaters below 8000 feet. * TIMING...Until 9 PM MDT this evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 to 13 percent. * IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise extreme caution with any outdoor burning. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of

* AFFECTED AREA...In Colorado, Fire Weather Zone 200 Little Snake Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 201 Routt Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 202 White River Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 207 Southwest Colorado Lower Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 290 Paradox Valley Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 291 Northern San Juan Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 292 North Fork Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 293 Gunnison Basin Forecast Area and Fire Weather Zone 294 Southwest