Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Dec 5, 2012, 3:41 AM CST for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 5, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Dec 5, 2012, 3:41 AM CST (09:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 5, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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 (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
273 WWUS83 KTOP 050941 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 341 AM CST WED DEC 5 2012 .DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 18 TO 22 PERCENT. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF DRY WINDY CONDITIONS AND DRY FUELS MAY BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-051800- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0015.121205T1800Z-121206T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- GEARY-MORRIS- 341 AM CST WED DEC 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A COUNCIL GROVE TO MANHATTAN TO FRANKFORT 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 NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * 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 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL BEGIN AROUND MID DAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MIDDLE 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
092 WWUS83 KTOP 051752 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1152 AM CST WED DEC 5 2012 KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-060000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0015.121205T1800Z-121206T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- GEARY-MORRIS- 1152 AM CST WED DEC 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A COUNCIL GROVE TO MANHATTAN TO FRANKFORT LINE... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 RILEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 MORRIS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 60. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL START EASILY AND SPREAD QUICKLY IN THE WARNING AREA...MAKING THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
189 WWUS83 KTOP 052339 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 539 PM CST WED DEC 5 2012 KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-060045- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-121206T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- GEARY-MORRIS- 539 PM CST WED DEC 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... AS TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING CONTINUE TO COOL... RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL STEADILY INCREASE. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$
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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.