Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2016, 2:47 PM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 4, 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 3, 2016, 2:47 PM CST (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2016, 6:00 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 20:51 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 12:00Z, 8.8 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
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
898 WWUS83 KTOP 032047 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 247 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016 KSZ008-009-020>022-034>037-040500- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0006.160304T1800Z-160305T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS- 247 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...020...021... 022...034...035...036 AND 037... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...020...021... 022...034...035...036 AND 037. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
340 WWUS83 KTOP 040950 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 350 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 KSZ010>012-023-024-026-038>040-054>056-058-059-050000- /O.EXA.KTOP.FW.W.0006.160304T1800Z-160305T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE- SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 350 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010...011...012...023...024... 026...038...039...040...054...055...056... 058 AND 059... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...020...021... 022...034...035...036 AND 037. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ008-009-020>022-034>037-050000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0006.160304T1800Z-160305T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS- 350 AM CST FRI MAR 4 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 008...009...020...021... 022...034...035...036 AND 037... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...020...021... 022...034...035...036 AND 037. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. * 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. && $$
638 WWUS83 KTOP 042342 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 542 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-050045- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160305T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 542 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...009...010...011... 012...020...021...022...023...024...026...034...035...036...037... 038...039...040...054...055...056...058 AND 059... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER HAS BEGUN COOLING. THIS WILL ALLOW RH VALUES TO INCREASE AND WINDS WILL ALSO DIMINISH ALLOWING RED FLAG CRITERIA TO NOT BE MET ANY LONGER. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 33 min |
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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.