Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2012, 5:01 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 6, 2012, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 11:01 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, 11.0 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
- 2973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 667 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
516 WWUS83 KTOP 061101 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 501 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM... .WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PAIR WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS TO CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-070100- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0007.120306T1600Z-120307T0100Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 501 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUEL CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009... 010...011...012...020...021...022...023...024...026...034... 035...036...037...038...039...040...054...055...056...058... AND 059. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 7 PM. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...23 TO 33 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST TODAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
798 WWUS83 KTOP 070059 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 659 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-070200- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120307T0100Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 659 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ALTHOUGH WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE EVENING HOURS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED INTO THE 40 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.