Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 3, 2016, 3:44 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 3, 2016, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 08:42 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, 8.7 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
- 2607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
591 WWUS83 KTOP 030844 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 344 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 KSZ008-009-020>024-034>039-054-055-031645- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0008.160403T1800Z-160403T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0014.160403T1700Z-160404T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA- DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-LYON-OSAGE- 344 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009... 020...021...022...023...024...034...035...036...037...038...039... 054 AND 055... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...020...021... 022...023...024...034...035...036...037...038...039...054 AND 055. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES FROM 16 TO 20 PERCENT. * 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ010>012-026-040-056-058-059-031645- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0014.160403T1700Z-160404T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 344 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010...011... 012...026...040...056...058 AND 059... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010...011...012...026... 040...056...058 AND 059. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES FROM 16 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
695 WWUS83 KTOP 031922 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 222 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-040000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 222 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009... 020...021...022...023...024...034... 035...036...037...038...039... 054 AND 055... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...020...021... 022...023...024...034...035...036...037...038...039...054 AND 055. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES FROM 13 TO 20 PERCENT. * 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
373 WWUS83 KTOP 040004 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 704 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-040115- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 704 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...010...011...012...020...021...022... 023...024...026...034...035...036...037...038...039...040...054... 055...056...058 AND 059... SOUTH WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OCCASIONALLY GUSTY UP TO 25 MPH WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AN INCOMING COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT WINDS AROUND 10 MPH TO THE WEST AND NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$
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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.