Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2020, 7:24 PM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 5, 2020, 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 4, 2020, 7:24 PM CST (01:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2020, 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 01:29 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 (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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
- 2999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
337 WWUS83 KTOP 050124 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 724 PM CST Wed Mar 4 2020 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034-036-038>040-051100- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0001.200305T1800Z-200306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0002.200305T1800Z-200306T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Geary-Wabaunsee-Shawnee- Douglas- 724 PM CST Wed Mar 4 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, EXTREMELY DRY FUELS, AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 026, 034, 036, 038, 039, AND 040... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon to 6 PM CST Thursday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 026, 034, 036, 038, 039, and 040. * WIND...Northwest 15 to 25 mph, with winds gusting as high as 35 to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...15 to 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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ035-037-054>056-058-059-051100- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0002.200305T1800Z-200306T0000Z/ Dickinson-Morris-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 724 PM CST Wed Mar 4 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, EXTREMELY DRY FUELS, AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 035, 037, 054, 055, 056, 058, AND 059... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon to 6 PM CST Thursday. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 035, 037, 054, 055, 056, 058, and 059. * WIND...Northwest 15 to 25 mph, with winds gusting as high as 35 to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...15 to 20 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Flanagan/53
2 follow-up statements
832 WWUS83 KTOP 051014 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 414 AM CST Thu Mar 5 2020 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-060000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0002.200305T1800Z-200306T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 414 AM CST Thu Mar 5 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, EXTREMELY DRY FUELS, AND GUSTY WINDS 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... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 026, 034, 036, 038, 039, and 040. * WIND...Northwest 20 to 30 mph, with winds gusting as high as 35 to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity values 15 to 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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Drake
220 WWUS83 KTOP 052347 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 547 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2020 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-060100- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200306T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 547 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, EXTREMELY DRY FUELS, AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 026, 034, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 040, 054, 055, 056, 058, AND 059... Northwest winds will steadily diminish as humidity levels increase this evening. $$
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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.