Red Flag Warning issued March 17 at 10:22AM CDT until March 17 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS1251487313C8.RedFlagWarning.125148802A90KS.TOPRFWTOP.2690c244b6deb2674ab59cff8aecb9abw-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2014-03-17T10:22:00-05:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Clay; Cloud; Dickinson; Geary; Marshall; Ottawa; Republic; Riley; Washington (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetRed Flag WarningExpectedSevereLikelySAME2014-03-17T10:22:00-05:002014-03-17T20:00:00-05:00NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas)Red Flag Warning issued March 17 at 10:22AM CDT until March 17 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka…EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON…
.SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. THESE
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGHS IN THE 60S AND DRY
CONDITIONS WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S. AS A
RESULT…RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL
LIKELY DROP TO NEAR 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS…
* AFFECTED AREA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 009 WASHINGTON…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL…FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY…FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 022 RILEY…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA…FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 035 DICKINSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY.
* WINDS…SOUTHERLY WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING…SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH
THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE EARLY THIS EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE 60S.
* 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 ON MONDAY.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>010-020>022-034>036VTEC/O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0005.140317T1700Z-140318T0100Z/TIME…MOT…LOCClay; Cloud; Dickinson; Geary; Marshall; Ottawa; Republic; Riley; WashingtonFIPS6020027FIPS6020029FIPS6020041FIPS6020061FIPS6020117FIPS6020143FIPS6020157FIPS6020161FIPS6020201UGCKSZ008UGCKSZ009UGCKSZ010UGCKSZ020UGCKSZ021UGCKSZ022UGCKSZ034UGCKSZ035UGCKSZ036