Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 19, 2016, 3:46 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 19, 2016, 10:00 AM CST. 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
- Feb 19, 2016, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- 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 09:51 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, 9.8 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
- 2392 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
436 WWUS83 KTOP 190946 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 346 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-191800- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0001.160219T1600Z-160219T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0002.160219T1600Z-160219T2300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 346 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY 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 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 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...WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TO 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TEENS TO NEAR 20 PERCENT LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
501 WWUS83 KTOP 191722 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1122 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-192300- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160219T2300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1122 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...010...011...012...020... 021...022...023...024...026...034... 035...036...037...038... 039...040...054...055...056...058 AND 059... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...010...011... 012...020...021...022...023...024... 026...034...035...036... 037...038...039...040...054...055...056... 058 AND 059... * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 15 PERCENT TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AND REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY IN THIS RANGE FOR MUCH OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. $$
005 WWUS83 KTOP 192258 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 458 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-200000- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160219T2300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 458 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON 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... GUSTY WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL GRADUALLY RECOVER THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
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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.