Fire Weather Watch issued March 30 at 7:04PM CDT until March 30 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS125149466250.FireWeatherWatch.12514D727E40KS.TOPRFWTOP.7b36db364e2cc9978fa36c3e7fff2c5fw-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2014-03-30T19:04:00-05:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Clay; Dickinson; Geary; Lyon; Morris; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Riley; Wabaunsee (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetFire Weather WatchFutureModeratePossibleSAME2014-03-30T19:04:00-05:002014-03-31T19:00:00-05:00NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas)Fire Weather Watch issued March 30 at 7:04PM CDT until March 30 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka…WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY…
.AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS ON MONDAY STRONG
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DEVELOP. THROUGH THE
DAY…WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST TO
NORTHWEST. AREA VEGETATION IS STILL DRY AND CURED. THESE
CONDITIONS…AND THE STRONG INCREASE IN WIND SPEED AND SHIFT IN
DIRECTION OF THE WINDS…HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL…EAST CENTRAL AND A PART
OF NORTHEAST KANSAS MONDAY.
…FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS…
…RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL
OF NORTH CENTRAL…NORTHEAST…AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS…
* AFFECTED AREA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY…FIRE WEATHER ZONE
022 RILEY…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 POTTAWATOMIE…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 034 OTTAWA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON…FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 MORRIS…FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 038 WABAUNSEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LYON.
* WINDS…WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE
DAY…TO THE WEST BY NOON…TO THE NORTHWEST BY EARLY EVENING.
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE DAY WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* TIMING…RH WILL DECREASE SHARPLY AS THE WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE
WEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS…AND
WILL REACH A MINIMUM IN THE 3 PM TO 6 PM TIME FRAME.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S.
* IMPACTS…FIRES CAN START QUICKLY…SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN
INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS…AND HOLD VERY
SERIOUS RISKS FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN FIRE SUPPRESSION. ALL
OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED.A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
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