Red Flag Warning issued April 09 at 5:05AM CDT until April 09 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS12514DEE18D4.RedFlagWarning.12514DFC20A0KS.TOPRFWTOP.cbf450a70d6a6f302b60bd1681b0b65b w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov 2014-04-09T05:05:00-05:00 Actual Alert Public Alert for Anderson; Brown; Clay; Cloud; Coffey; Dickinson; Douglas; Franklin; Geary; Jackson; Jefferson; Lyon; Marshall; Morris; Nemaha; Osage; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Republic; Riley; Shawnee; Wabaunsee; Washington (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather Service Met Red Flag Warning Expected Severe Likely SAME 2014-04-09T05:05:00-05:00 2014-04-09T21:00:00-05:00 NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas) Red Flag Warning issued April 09 at 5:05AM CDT until April 09 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka …WARM AND WINDY WEATHER RETURNS FOR TODAY… .BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THE BREEZY CONDITIONS COMES DRIER AIR…AND WHEN COMBINED WITH CONTINUED DRY AND CURED VEGETATION ACROSS THE AREA…CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL…NORTHEAST AND MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. …RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR NORTH CENTRAL…NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS… * AFFECTED AREA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WASHINGTON…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 NEMAHA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 BROWN…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 RILEY…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 POTTAWATOMIE… FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 JACKSON…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 JEFFERSON… 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…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 SHAWNEE…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 DOUGLAS… FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LYON…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 OSAGE… FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 FRANKLIN…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 COFFEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 ANDERSON. * WINDS…SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING…WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY… WITH RH VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 18 TO 24 PERCENT RANGE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES…IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND INTO THE LOW 80S OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * IMPACTS…FIRES CAN START QUICKLY…SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS. 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. WMOHEADER UGC KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059 VTEC /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0010.140409T1600Z-140410T0200Z/ TIME…MOT…LOC
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