Due to high winds and dry conditions, all of North and Central Texas are under a red flag warning Friday. The conditions create a “dangerous” risk of wildfires, according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office.

A dangerous combination of ferocious winds, dry lands and cratering humidity levels are bringing an "extremely critical" fire threat to millions across wide swaths of Texas and Oklahoma on Friday, including multiple urban areas.

A windy and warmer day across Chicago as a storm threat develops after dark. Highs reach the upper 70s and lower 80s with the coolest readings along the lakefront. The record today at Chicago O'Hare is 81° in 2012.

A threat for severe storms is possible Friday night into early Saturday, with damaging winds, heavy rain, flooding, and possibly tornadoes.