Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 26, 2016, 2:54 PM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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 26, 2016, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2016, 5:57 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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 20:59 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 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
658 WWUS83 KTOP 262054 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 254 PM CST FRI FEB 26 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-271100- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0003.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 254 PM CST FRI FEB 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...CRITICAL FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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 NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * 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 SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 18 PERCENT TO 25 PERCENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
982 WWUS83 KTOP 270948 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 348 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-280000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0003.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 348 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...010...011... 012...020...021...022...023...024...026...034...035...036... 037...038...039...040...054...055...056...058 AND 059. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 18 PERCENT TO 25 PERCENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
423 WWUS83 KTOP 271753 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1153 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-280000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0003.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1153 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * 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 SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 14 PERCENT TO 21 PERCENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
242 WWUS83 KTOP 272357 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 557 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-280100- /O.CAN.KTOP.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160228T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 557 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...010...011...012...020...021...022... 023...024...026...034...035...036...037...038...039...040...054... 055...056...058 AND 059... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES CONTINUE TO RISE WHILE WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST KANSAS. $$
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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.