Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 25, 2014, 9:23 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 25, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 25, 2014, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 14:22 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 (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 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
- 2439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WWUS83 KTOP 251423 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 923 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2014 KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-260000- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0013.140425T1600Z-140426T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- GEARY-MORRIS- 923 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY... CRITICAL FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...CRITICAL FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT 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...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASE ABOVE 15 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. RH VALUES FALL TO CRITICAL LEVELS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
464 WWUS83 KTOP 252039 AAA RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 339 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2014 KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-260000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140426T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- GEARY-MORRIS- 339 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...CRITICAL FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 RILEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 MORRIS. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 80. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
618 WWUS83 KTOP 252356 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 656 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2014 KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-260100- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140426T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- GEARY-MORRIS- 656 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...CRITICAL FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 20 PERCENT AND THE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 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.