Red Flag Warning issued March 13 at 3:59AM CDT until March 13 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS1251483507CC.RedFlagWarning.12514842FA80KS.TOPRFWTOP.23d1c667aad225db632d4a5bf1d9c5f6w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2014-03-13T03:59:00-05:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Anderson; Clay; Cloud; Coffey; Dickinson; Franklin; Geary; Lyon; Marshall; Morris; Nemaha; Osage; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Republic; Riley; Wabaunsee; Washington (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetRed Flag WarningExpectedSevereLikelySAME2014-03-13T03:59:00-05:002014-03-13T19:00:00-05:00NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas)Red Flag Warning issued March 13 at 3:59AM CDT until March 13 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka…EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS…
.SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS…WARMING
TEMPERATURES AND DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA ALLOWING RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL AT OR BELOW 20 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS
COMBINED WITH CRITICAL FUELS IN PLACE WILL POSE A EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR POTENTIAL TODAY.
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES…WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* 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 020 CLOUD…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… 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 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING…SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH BY MID
MORNING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH AND LOWERING
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OCCUR AFTER 1 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOW 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>011-020>023-034>038-054>056-058-059VTEC/O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0004.140313T1800Z-140314T0000Z/TIME…MOT…LOCAnderson; Clay; Cloud; Coffey; Dickinson; Franklin; Geary; Lyon; Marshall; Morris; Nemaha; Osage; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Republic; Riley; Wabaunsee; WashingtonFIPS6020003FIPS6020027FIPS6020029FIPS6020031FIPS6020041FIPS6020059FIPS6020061FIPS6020111FIPS6020117FIPS6020127FIPS6020131FIPS6020139FIPS6020143FIPS6020149FIPS6020157FIPS6020161FIPS6020197FIPS6020201UGCKSZ008UGCKSZ009UGCKSZ010UGCKSZ011UGCKSZ020UGCKSZ021UGCKSZ022UGCKSZ023UGCKSZ034UGCKSZ035UGCKSZ036UGCKSZ037UGCKSZ038UGCKSZ054UGCKSZ055UGCKSZ056UGCKSZ058UGCKSZ059