Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2018, 12:29 PM CST for 10 counties in Kansas. 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, 2018, 12:29 PM CST (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
879 WWUS83 KTOP 021829 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 1229 PM CST Fri Mar 2 2018 KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-030000- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0004.180302T1829Z-180303T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Cloud-Clay-Riley-Ottawa-Dickinson- Geary-Morris- 1229 PM CST Fri Mar 2 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008, 009, 010, 020, 021, 022, 034, 035, 036, AND 037... 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, 009, 010, 020, 021, 022, 034, 035, 036, and 037. * WIND...South southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity of 18 to 22 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
851 WWUS83 KTOP 022352 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 552 PM CST Fri Mar 2 2018 KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-030100- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180303T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Cloud-Clay-Riley-Ottawa-Dickinson- Geary-Morris- 552 PM CST Fri Mar 2 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008, 009, 010, 020, 021, 022, 034, 035, 036, AND 037... Winds are gradually on the decline and humidity values will begin to rise this evening. Therefore, the red flag warning warning will be allowed to expire. However, caution should still be exercised with any fires this evening before the winds fully subside. $$ KDS
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.