Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Mar 4, 2012, 4:21 AM CST (10:21 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 4, 2012, 12:00 PM CST

Expired

Mar 4, 2012, 6:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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886 
WWUS83 KTOP 041021
RFWTOP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
421 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON..


KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-050000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0006.120304T1800Z-120305T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
421 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY STRONG WINDS FOR
ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* 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 024 JACKSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 
  JEFFERSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  035 DICKINSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 037 MORRIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 038 WABAUNSEE...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 039 SHAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 DOUGLAS...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LYON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 OSAGE...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 COFFEY 
  AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 ANDERSON.

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

* TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
  MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS AND SUSTAINED SPEEDS DURING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL STEADILY DECREASE
  AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S IN
  AFTERNOON. THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
  PERSIST UNTIL AROUND 6 PM WHEN RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
  GRADUALLY INCREASE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S.

* IMPACTS...DRY FUELS...VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
  HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE
  WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

644 
WWUS83 KTOP 042355
RFWTOP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
555 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

...FIRE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...

.SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL IMPROVE AND STRONG WINDS WILL
DIMINISH OVER THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THUS BRINGING TO
AN END OF THE EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS.

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-050100-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
555 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING ...

TEMPERATURES WILL COOL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
EVENING...WHICH WILL ACT TO INCREASE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. THE
STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY WILL ALSO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE FACTORS WILL
EFFECTIVELY END THE EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS FOR TODAY. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. 

$$

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