Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 18, 2016, 3:42 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 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, 2016, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2016, 10:14 PM CST
- In force
- 11 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 09:44 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 00:00Z, 9.7 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
- 2141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
798 WWUS83 KTOP 180942 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 342 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-182200- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0001.160218T1700Z-160219T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KTOP.FW.A.0001.160219T0100Z-160220T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 342 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...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... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * 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...SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INCREASE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. FOR THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY... WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WHICH SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON FALL FROM THE UPPER TEENS OVER FAR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30 PERCENT RANGE ELSEWHERE. OVERALL LOWER VALUES ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS TO MID 20 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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
065 WWUS83 KTOP 182126 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 326 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-190530- /O.EXT.KTOP.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160219T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KTOP.FW.A.0001.160219T1600Z-160219T2300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 326 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...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... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * 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...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND SPEEDS DIMINISH TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. LATE TONIGHT...WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH...GENERALLY DIMINISHING THROUGH THE DAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MIDDLE 20 PERCENT RANGE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30 PERCENT RANGE ELSEWHERE. LOWER VALUES ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS TO MID 20 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$
631 WWUS83 KTOP 190414 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1014 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-191215- /O.CAN.KTOP.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160219T0600Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.FW.A.0001.160219T1600Z-160219T2300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1014 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...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... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED 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 CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS THE AREA AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * 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...WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS TO MID 20 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
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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.