Red Flag Warning issued March 17 at 3:48AM CDT until March 17 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS125148720C80.RedFlagWarning.125148802A90KS.TOPRFWTOP.2690c244b6deb2674ab59cff8aecb9abw-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2014-03-17T03:48:00-05:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Clay; Cloud; Dickinson; Geary; Marshall; Ottawa; Republic; Riley; Washington (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetRed Flag WarningExpectedSevereLikelySAME2014-03-17T03:48:00-05:002014-03-17T20:00:00-05:00NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas)Red Flag Warning issued March 17 at 3:48AM 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
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGHS IN THE UPPER 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
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 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…SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING…SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE
HIGHEST WIND GUSTS DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS
IMPROVE EARLY EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 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