Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Aug 21, 2012, 3:32 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2012, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
All 23 counties
Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884 WWUS83 KTOP 212032 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 332 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO ENHANCE FIRE CONCERNS WEDNESDAY... .WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BECOME SUSTAINED NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS. DEEP MIXING WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR THE 20 PERCENT MARK. PERSISTENT DROUGHT HAS BROUGHT DRY VEGETATION ACROSS THE AREA...AND THEREFORE A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-221000- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0003.120822T1700Z-120823T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0010.120822T1700Z-120823T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 332 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WARM...DRY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ALONG WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AROUND 11AM AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR OPEN FLAMES ARE HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. USE CAUTION WITH DISPOSAL OF SMOKING MATERIALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
458 WWUS83 KTOP 220852 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 352 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO ENHANCE FIRE CONCERNS TODAY... .WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BECOME SUSTAINED NEAR 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS. DEEP MIXING WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR THE 20 PERCENT MARK OR LOWER. PERSISTENT DROUGHT HAS BROUGHT DRY VEGETATION ACROSS THE AREA...AND THEREFORE A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-230000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0010.120822T1700Z-120823T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 352 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WARM...DRY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AROUND 11 AM AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR OPEN FLAMES ARE HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. USE CAUTION WITH DISPOSAL OF SMOKING MATERIALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
159 WWUS83 KTOP 221828 AAA RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 128 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-230000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120823T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 128 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WARM...DRY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH SUNSET. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 90S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR OPEN FLAMES ARE HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. USE CAUTION WITH DISPOSAL OF SMOKING MATERIALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
290 WWUS83 KTOP 222352 AAA RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 652 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-230100- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120823T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 652 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AS SOUTHERLY WIND SPEEDS DECREASE. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA AND THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 4:21 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 11 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.