Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 1, 2017, 11:04 AM CST for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 1, 2017, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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 1, 2017, 11:04 AM CST (17:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2017, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
106 WWUS83 KTOP 011704 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 1104 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2017 KSZ008-020-021-034>037-054-020000- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0003.170301T1900Z-170302T0000Z/ Republic-Cloud-Clay-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-Lyon- 1104 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, GUSTY WINDS AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008, 020, 021, 034, 035, 036, 037, AND 054... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 008, 020, 021, 034, 035, 036, 037, and 054. * WIND...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph or higher. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity is expected to range from 17 to 21 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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 9:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 24 min |
Nearby
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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.