Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2016, 3:49 AM CST for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 2, 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
- Mar 2, 2016, 3:49 AM CST (09:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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 19 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
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
912 WWUS83 KTOP 020949 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 349 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ012-024-026-037>040-054>056-058-059-030000- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0002.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0005.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 349 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 012...024...026...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 TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 012...024...026...037... 038...039...040...054...055...056...058 AND 059. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM ROUGHLY 23 TO 28 PERCENT. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
384 WWUS83 KTOP 021341 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 741 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ012-024-026-037>040-054>056-058-059-030000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0005.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 741 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 012...024...026...037... 038...039... 040...054...055...056...058 AND 059... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 012...024...026...037... 038...039...040...054...055...056...058 AND 059. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM ROUGHLY 23 TO 28 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
243 WWUS83 KTOP 022053 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 253 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ012-024-026-037>040-054>056-058-059-030000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160303T0000Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 253 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 012...024...026...037... 038...039... 040... 054...055...056...058 AND 059... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 012...024...026...037... 038...039...040...054...055...056...058 AND 059. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM ROUGHLY 18 TO 28 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 MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
596 WWUS83 KTOP 030025 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 625 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ012-024-026-037>040-054>056-058-059-030130- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160303T0000Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 625 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 012...024...026...037...038...039...040...054... 055...056...058 AND 059... WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES, RH VALUES WILL STEADILY CLIMB TONIGHT CAUSING THE FIRE DANGER TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. $$
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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.