Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 18, 2014, 8:55 AM CST for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Republic County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2014, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Feb 18, 2014, 8:55 AM CST (14:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2014, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2014, 5:59 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:56 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 3403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
154 WWUS83 KTOP 181455 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 855 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION...THIS WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ008-020-034-182300- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0002.140218T1900Z-140219T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA- 855 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP AT THIS TIME AS WELL. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER 6PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...FIRES MAY START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
585 WWUS83 KTOP 182111 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 311 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION... THIS WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ008-020-034-190000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140219T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA- 311 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AROUND 6PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...FIRES MAY START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
224 WWUS83 KTOP 182359 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 559 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 KSZ008-020-034-190100- /O.CAN.KTOP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140219T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA- 559 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INCREASING INTO THE LOW 20 PERCENT RANGE. AS A RESULT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
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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.