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Fire Weather Watch 5, NWS Topeka, KS

October 16, 20126 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this fire weather watch at Oct 16, 2012, 2:38 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2012, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 2:38 PM CDTRed Flag WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington28 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Kansas, 2012Every fire weather watch in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.