Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 7, 2021, 2:14 PM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 8, 2021, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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 7, 2021, 2:14 PM CST (20:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
157 WWUS83 KTOP 072014 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 214 PM CST Sun Mar 7 2021 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-080415- /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0003.210308T1700Z-210309T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210308T0100Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 214 PM CST Sun Mar 7 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH, LOW RHs AND VERY DRY FUELS 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... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH, LOW RHS AND VERY DRY FUELS 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... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Red Flag Warning through 7 PM this evening, and for Monday, which is in effect from 11 AM to 7 PM CST Monday. * AFFECTED AREA...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. * WIND...South-southwest, 20 TO 30 MPH with gusts to 40 MPH this afternoon. South wind 15 to 20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH on Monday. * HUMIDITY...15 to 25 percent this afternoon. 20 to 30 percent Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will be very difficult to control and will likely spread rapidly. Burn bans are likely in effect so all outdoor burning should be postponed until conditions improve. 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, dry fuels, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
3 follow-up statements
002 WWUS83 KTOP 080103 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 703 PM CST Sun Mar 7 2021 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-081200- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210308T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0003.210308T1700Z-210309T0100Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 703 PM CST Sun Mar 7 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 026, 034, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 040, 054, 055, 056, 058, AND 059... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH, LOW RHS AND VERY DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 026, 034, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 040, 054, 055, 056, 058, AND 059... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 026, 034, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 040, 054, 055, 056, 058, and 059. * WIND... South wind 15 to 20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 to 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will be very difficult to control and will likely spread rapidly. Burn bans are likely in effect so all outdoor burning should be postponed until conditions improve. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, dry fuels, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
219 WWUS83 KTOP 080955 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 355 AM CST Mon Mar 8 2021 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-090100- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0003.210308T1700Z-210309T0100Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 355 AM CST Mon Mar 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND CURED FUELS 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, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 040, 054, 055, 056, 058, and 059. * WIND... South wind 10 to 25 MPH with gusts to 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...22 to 27 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will be very difficult to control and will likely spread rapidly. Burn bans are likely in effect so all outdoor burning should be postponed until conditions improve. 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, dry fuels, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
321 WWUS83 KTOP 090040 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 640 PM CST Mon Mar 8 2021 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-090145- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210309T0100Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 640 PM CST Mon Mar 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 026, 034, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 040, 054, 055, 056, 058, AND 059... Humidity levels will continue to rise through the night. So fire danger is no longer in the extreme level and the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire. $$
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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.