Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Oct 18, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT

Expired

Oct 18, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

9 hr

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 Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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048 
WWUS83 KTOP 180849
RFWTOP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
349 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

.TODAY WILL BE DRY AND VERY WINDY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES IN THE 20 TO 26 PERCENT RANGE AND WIND GUSTS EXPECTED TO BE
OCCASIONALLY GREATER THAN 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE RAPIDLY AFTER 9 AM...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL NOT FALL
SIGNIFICANTLY UNTIL THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE COMBINATION OF DRY
WINDY CONDITIONS AND DRY FUEL CONDITIONS MAY BRING THE POTENTIAL
FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH.

KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-181700-
/O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0005.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0014.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
349 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS 
FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF WASHINGTON TO HERINGTON LINE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY
FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 009 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL BEGIN AROUND MID
  MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S.

* IMPACTS...FIRES WILL START EASILY AND SPREAD QUICKLY IN THE 
  WARNING AREA...MAKING THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. 

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.

&&

$$

485 
WWUS83 KTOP 181638
RFWTOP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1138 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

.DRY AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 26 PERCENT
RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS OCCASIONALLY GREATER THAN 45 MPH.  THE
COMBINATION OF THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS AND DRY PLANT LIFE MAY
BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH.

KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-190000-
/O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121019T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
1138 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR AREAS
ALONG AND WEST OF WASHINGTON TO HERINGTON LINE...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 009 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST
  INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S.

* IMPACTS...FIRES WILL START EASILY AND SPREAD QUICKLY IN THE 
  WARNING AREA...MAKING THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. 

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.

&&

$$

917 
WWUS83 KTOP 190000
RFWTOP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
700 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED AT 7 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...


KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-190100-
/O.CAN.KTOP.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121019T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
700 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 
AND DRY FUELS FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF WASHINGTON TO HERINGTON LINE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING.

THE STRONG WINDS FROM THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SOME
THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS GRADUALLY DROPPING TO 15 TO 20 MPH AND
GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
COOL...ALLOWING LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO INCREASE PAST RED
FLAG CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. 

$$

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