Red Flag Warning issued March 13 at 3:15PM CDT until March 13 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS12514836CB5C.RedFlagWarning.12514842FA80KS.TOPRFWTOP.27ed3ee13f17f06387cadcbb52628cc8w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2014-03-13T15:15:00-05:00ActualAlertPublicAlert 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 ServiceMetRed Flag WarningExpectedSevereLikelySAME2014-03-13T15:15:00-05:002014-03-13T19:00:00-05:00NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas)Red Flag Warning issued March 13 at 3:15PM CDT until March 13 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka…EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON…
.SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST OF 25 TO
30 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE
STRONG WINDS…WARMING TEMPERATURES AND DRIER AIR WILL CAUSE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS
COMBINED WITH CRITICAL FUELS IN PLACE WILL POSE AN EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR POTENTIAL THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS.
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR 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 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING…SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…12 TO 18 PERCENT THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
* IMPACTS…ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY.
THESE FIRES WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO
CONTROL. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED THIS AFTERNOON.A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION STRONG
WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.WMOHEADERUGCKSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059VTEC/O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140314T0000Z/TIME…MOT…LOCAnderson; Brown; Clay; Cloud; Coffey; Dickinson; Douglas; Franklin; Geary; Jackson; Jefferson; Lyon; Marshall; Morris; Nemaha; Osage; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Republic; Riley; Shawnee; Wabaunsee; WashingtonFIPS6020003FIPS6020013FIPS6020027FIPS6020029FIPS6020031FIPS6020041FIPS6020045FIPS6020059FIPS6020061FIPS6020085FIPS6020087FIPS6020111FIPS6020117FIPS6020127FIPS6020131FIPS6020139FIPS6020143FIPS6020149FIPS6020157FIPS6020161FIPS6020177FIPS6020197FIPS6020201UGCKSZ008UGCKSZ009UGCKSZ010UGCKSZ011UGCKSZ012UGCKSZ020UGCKSZ021UGCKSZ022UGCKSZ023UGCKSZ024UGCKSZ026UGCKSZ034UGCKSZ035UGCKSZ036UGCKSZ037UGCKSZ038UGCKSZ039UGCKSZ040UGCKSZ054UGCKSZ055UGCKSZ056UGCKSZ058UGCKSZ059