Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 8, 2017, 3:18 AM CST for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 8, 2017, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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 8, 2017, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2017, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Brown 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, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 3921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
153 WWUS83 KTOP 080918 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 318 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 KSZ010>012-022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-090000- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0007.170308T1700Z-170309T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0009.170308T1700Z-170309T0000Z/ Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Riley-Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson- Dickinson-Geary-Morris-Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage- Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 318 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010, 011, 012, 022, 023, 024, 026, 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 11 AM this morning to 6 PM CST this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * HUMIDITY...Relative humidity values are expected to be in the 17 to 20 percent range on Wednesday. * WINDS...Southwest winds are expected to be sustained near 20 MPH with gusts up to 35 MPH Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop could spread furiously and burn intensely. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. Any and all outdoor burning should avoided. && $$
1 follow-up statement
950 WWUS83 KTOP 082356 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 556 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 KSZ010>012-022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-090100- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170309T0000Z/ Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Riley-Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson- Dickinson-Geary-Morris-Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage- Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 556 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010, 011, 012, 022, 023, 024, 026, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 040, 054, 055, 056, 058, AND 059... Winds have decreased across the area and relative humidity will continue to increase through the evening hours. Very high fire danger will continue across the area through the night. $$
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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.