Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2016, 3:38 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 15, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 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 14, 2016, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2016, 3:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
411 WWUS83 KTOP 142038 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 338 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016 KSZ020>022-034>038-054>056-058-059-151100- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0003.160315T1800Z-160316T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0008.160315T1800Z-160316T0000Z/ CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 338 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022...034...035...036...037...038...054 ...055...056...058 AND 059... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022...034... 035...036...037...038...054...055...056...058 AND 059. * WIND...WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
760 WWUS83 KTOP 150833 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 333 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 KSZ020>022-034>038-054>056-058-059-151800- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0008.160315T1800Z-160316T0000Z/ CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 333 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022...034...035...036...037...038...054...055...056... 058 AND 059... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022...034... 035...036...037...038...054...055...056...058 AND 059. * WIND...WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MPH... GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 17 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
861 WWUS83 KTOP 151756 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1256 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 KSZ020>022-034>038-054>056-058-059-160000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0008.160315T1800Z-160316T0000Z/ CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1256 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022...034...035...036...037...038...054 ...055...056...058 AND 059... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022...034... 035...036...037...038...054...055...056...058 AND 059. * WIND...WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MPH... GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 19 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * 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. && $$
531 WWUS83 KTOP 152050 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 350 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 KSZ020>022-034>038-054>056-058-059-152200- /O.CAN.KTOP.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/ CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 350 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022... 034...035...036...037...038... 054...055...056...058 AND 059... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE STAYED AROUND 30 PERCENT OR HIGHER AND DO NOT ANTICIPATE THEM DROPPING MUCH FURTHER. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:21 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Franklin and 7 more | 13 hr |
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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.