Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 31, 2014, 3:48 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 31, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2014, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 43 | 4 Nne Lawrence, KS | LAWRENCE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 2730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951 WWUS83 KTOP 310848 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 348 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY... .AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS ON MONDAY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DEVELOP. THROUGH THE DAY... WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST TO NORTHWEST. AREA VEGETATION IS STILL DRY AND CURED. THESE CONDITIONS...AND THE STRONG INCREASE IN WIND SPEED AND SHIFT IN DIRECTION OF THE WINDS...HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND A PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS MONDAY. KSZ021-034-035-311700- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0002.140331T1700Z-140401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0009.140331T1200Z-140401T0000Z/ CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- 348 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY CURED FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 021...034 AND 035... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE DAY... TO THE WEST BY NOON...TO THE NORTHWEST BY EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE DAY WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...RH WILL DECREASE SHARPLY AS THE WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE WEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS... AND WILL REACH A MINIMUM IN THE 1 PM TO 6 PM TIME FRAME. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS...AND HOLD VERY SERIOUS RISKS FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN FIRE SUPPRESSION. 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. && $$ KSZ022-023-036>038-054-311700- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0002.140331T1700Z-140401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0009.140331T1500Z-140401T0000Z/ RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- 348 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY CURED FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 022...023...036...037...038 AND 054... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE DAY... TO THE WEST BY NOON...TO THE NORTHWEST BY EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE DAY WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...RH WILL DECREASE SHARPLY AS THE WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE WEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS... AND WILL REACH A MINIMUM IN THE 1 PM TO 6 PM TIME FRAME. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS...AND HOLD VERY SERIOUS RISKS FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN FIRE SUPPRESSION. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ008-009-020-311700- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0009.140331T1200Z-140401T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD- 348 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY CURED FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009 AND 020... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009 AND 020. * WINDS...WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE DAY... TO THE WEST BY NOON...TO THE NORTHWEST BY EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE DAY WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...RH WILL DECREASE SHARPLY AS THE WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE WEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS... AND WILL REACH A MINIMUM IN THE 1 PM TO 6 PM TIME FRAME. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS...AND HOLD VERY SERIOUS RISKS FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN FIRE SUPPRESSION. 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. && $$ KSZ010>012-024-026-039-040-055-056-058-059-311700- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0009.140331T1500Z-140401T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE- FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 348 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY CURED FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010...011...012...024...026... 039...040...055...056...058 AND 059... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010...011...012...024... 026...039...040...055...056...058 AND 059. * WINDS...WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE DAY...TO THE WEST BY NOON...TO THE NORTHWEST BY EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE DAY WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...RH WILL DECREASE SHARPLY AS THE WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE WEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS... AND WILL REACH A MINIMUM IN THE 1 PM TO 6 PM TIME FRAME. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS...AND HOLD VERY SERIOUS RISKS FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN FIRE SUPPRESSION. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
317 WWUS83 KTOP 312042 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 342 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING... KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-010000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140401T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- 342 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY CURED FUELS... FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009 AND 020... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LOW RH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS...AND HOLD VERY SERIOUS RISKS FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN FIRE SUPPRESSION. 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. && $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-010000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140401T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- 342 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY CURED FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010...011...012...024...026... 039...040...055...056...058 AND 059... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 NEMAHA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 RILEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 POTTAWATOMIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 JACKSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 JEFFERSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 MORRIS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 038 WABAUNSEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 SHAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LYON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 OSAGE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 COFFEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 ANDERSON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LOW RH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S. * IMPACTS...FIRES CAN START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS...AND HOLD VERY SERIOUS RISKS FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN FIRE SUPPRESSION. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
903 WWUS83 KTOP 010003 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 703 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-010115- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140401T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- 703 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... WHILE WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST...RH WILL STEADILY INCREASE TO AROUND 30 PERCENT BY 8 PM...40 PERCENT BY MIDNIGHT...AND 60 PERCENT BY SUNRISE. THROUGH 10 PM...WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH FROM BETWEEN 260 AND 300 DEGREES. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND VEER OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AFTER 10 PM...LIKELY LOSING GUSTS BY AROUND 3 AM. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT ON TUESDAY...SWITCHING FROM THE NORTH EARLY TO THE SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY AFTERNOON. $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-010115- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140401T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- 703 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... WHILE WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST...RH WILL STEADILY INCREASE TO AROUND 30 PERCENT BY 8 PM...40 PERCENT BY MIDNIGHT...AND 60 PERCENT BY SUNRISE. THROUGH 10 PM...WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH FROM BETWEEN 260 AND 300 DEGREES. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND VEER OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AFTER 10 PM...LIKELY LOSING GUSTS BY AROUND 3 AM. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT ON TUESDAY...SWITCHING FROM THE NORTH EARLY TO THE SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY AFTERNOON. $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.