A Red Flag Warning is in effect on Tuesday, May 1.

A Red Flag Warning is a term meteorologists use for a day where any outdoor fires can spread quickly, so you shouldn’t do any outdoor burning at all. There is an added concern in St. Joseph County as this week as been declared Fire Amnesty Week, which means residents are allowed to burn leaves, however, fire crews are advising that they do not burn during the Red Flag Warning.

The National Weather Service of Northern Indiana says the warning is in effect from 12 p.m. until 8 p.m. EDT for all of northeast Indiana, and parts of southern Michigan and northwest Ohio.

Dry existing conditions, temperatures expected near 80, and wind gusts from the southwest that could get up to 30 mph are all factors in the warning.

95.3 MNC’s Darrin Wright contributed to this story.