Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 10, 2015, 11:43 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 11, 2015, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 24 reports 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
- Nov 10, 2015, 11:43 AM CST (17:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2015, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
- 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 17:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 10:58 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 2 S Junction City, KS | |
| Nov 11, 12:06 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 3 Ne Ogden, KS | |
| Nov 11, 1:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lawrence, KS | LARGE TREE BRANCH OVER THE STREET AT 7TH AND LOCUST. |
| Nov 11, 1:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Topeka, KS | TREE BLOWN OVER ON A HOUSE AT 26TH AND WASHBURN. |
| Nov 11, 1:35 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Garnett, KS | |
| Nov 11, 1:41 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 48 | 2 Sw Abilene, KS | |
| Nov 11, 1:41 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Emporia, KS | ONE FOOT PLUS DIAMETER TREES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN IN BOTH EMPORIA AND AMERICUS. |
| Nov 11, 1:42 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 W New Strawn, KS | TREE BLOWN OVER POWER LINES IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 11, 1:42 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Burlington, KS | TREE BLOWN OVER POWER LINES IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 11, 1:42 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Garnett, KS | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF GARNETT AS WELL AS AROUND THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 11, 2:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Forbes Field, KS | MEASURED AT 2PM OBSERVATION. |
| Nov 11, 2:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nnw Quenemo, KS | POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN. EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN. |
| Nov 11, 2:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Carbondale, KS | POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN THE CITY OF CARBONDALE. EXTENT OF DAMAGE AND CUSTOMER BASE AFFECTED IS UNKNOWN. |
| Nov 11, 2:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pomona Lake, KS | POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN. EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN. |
| Nov 11, 2:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Ottawa, KS | SEMI TRAILER BLOWN OVER IN OTTAWA. NO SPECIFICS ON WHETHER THIS WAS LOADED OR EMPTY. |
| Nov 11, 2:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pomona, KS | ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE IN POMONA. NO SPECIFICS ON AGE OF HOME OR TYPE OF BUILD. ALSO, SEVERAL POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN. |
| Nov 11, 2:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wellsville, KS | SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN FROM POMONA TO WELLSVILLE. NO INDICATIONS ON SIZE OTHER THAN IT TOOK SEVERAL PEOPLE TO MOVE SOME OF THEM OFF ROADS. |
| Nov 11, 2:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Belvue, KS | POWER LINES DOWN. MINOR DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED ALREADY. |
| Nov 11, 2:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wamego, KS | TREES REPORTED DOWN. NO SPECIFICS REGARDING SIZE OR EXTENT. |
| Nov 11, 2:27 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 4 Nne Lawrence, KS | |
| Nov 11, 2:57 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 5 Ssw Emporia, KS | |
| Nov 11, 2:57 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Emporia Airport, KS | |
| Nov 11, 3:52 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 48 | 3 Ene Topeka, KS | |
| Nov 11, 4:16 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | 3 Nne New Strawn, KS |
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 12:00Z, 5.7 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
- 1707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
732 WWUS83 KTOP 101743 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1143 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2015 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-111000- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0006.151111T1500Z-151112T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0009.151111T1400Z-151112T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1143 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR 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... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...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. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...33 TO 40 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF US HIGHWAY 75 FROM MID MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
967 WWUS83 KTOP 110952 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 352 AM CST WED NOV 11 2015 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-120200- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0009.151111T1400Z-151112T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 352 AM CST WED NOV 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...010...011... 012...020...021... 022...023...024...026...034...035...036...037... 038...039... 040...054...055...056...058 AND 059... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...010...011... 012...020...021...022...023...024...026...034...035...036... 037...038...039...040...054...055...056...058 AND 059. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE MORNING. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON THESE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST...SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 4O TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...24 TO 40 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF US HIGHWAY 75 FROM MID MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
419 WWUS83 KTOP 120201 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 801 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-120315- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-151112T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 801 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR 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 WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 3:18 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 32 hr |
Nearby
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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.