Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Sep 10, 2012, 2:46 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 11, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Sep 10, 2012, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
721 WWUS83 KTOP 101946 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 246 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...LOW HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY... .WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME SUSTAINED NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER NEAR 20 PERCENT. DESPITE RECENT RAINFALL...STANDS OF DRY AND CURED VEGETATION REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA. DRY FINE FUELS COMBINED WITH THE WARM DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BRING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-110915- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0004.120911T1800Z-120912T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0012.120911T1800Z-120912T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- GEARY-MORRIS- 246 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A HIAWATHA TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 RILEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 MORRIS. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING IN THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 90. * 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. && $$ KSZ011-012-023-038-110915- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0012.120911T1800Z-120912T0000Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-WABAUNSEE- 246 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A HIAWATHA TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 NEMAHA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 POTTAWATOMIE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 038 WABAUNSEE. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING IN THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 90. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR OPEN FLAMES ARE HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. USE CAUTION WITH DISPOSAL OF SMOKING MATERIALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
002 WWUS83 KTOP 110840 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 340 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...LOW HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY... .WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BECOME SUSTAINED NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. DESPITE RECENT RAINFALL...STANDS OF DRY AND CURED VEGETATION REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA. DRY FINE FUELS COMBINED WITH THE WARM DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BRING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ008>012-020>023-034>038-111645- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0012.120911T1800Z-120912T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE- 340 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A HIAWATHA TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 NEMAHA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 RILEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 POTTAWATOMIE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 MORRIS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 038 WABAUNSEE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING IN THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. && $$
915 WWUS83 KTOP 111547 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1047 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 KSZ008>012-020>023-034>038-120000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0012.120911T1800Z-120912T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE- 1047 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A HIAWATHA TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 NEMAHA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 RILEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 POTTAWATOMIE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 MORRIS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 038 WABAUNSEE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING IN THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR OPEN FLAMES ARE HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. USE CAUTION WITH DISPOSAL OF SMOKING MATERIALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
510 WWUS83 KTOP 112358 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 658 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... KSZ008>012-020>023-034>038-120100- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE- 658 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A HIAWATHA TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE... STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TUESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL ALLOWING LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO INCREASE PAST RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 3:44 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris and 4 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.