Red Flag Warning issued March 20 at 4:05AM CDT until March 20 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS1251489FE984.RedFlagWarning.125148ADCA40KS.TOPRFWTOP.a72e0f35c33ddba5b76a5f6c2c79a9afw-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2014-03-20T04:05:00-05:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Anderson; Brown; Coffey; Dickinson; Douglas; Franklin; Geary; Jackson; Jefferson; Lyon; Marshall; Morris; Nemaha; Osage; Pottawatomie; Riley; Shawnee; Wabaunsee (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetRed Flag WarningExpectedSevereLikelySAME2014-03-20T04:05:00-05:002014-03-20T19:00:00-05:00NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas)Red Flag Warning issued March 20 at 4:05AM CDT until March 20 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 011 NEMAHA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 BROWN…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 022 RILEY…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 POTTAWATOMIE…FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 024 JACKSON…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 JEFFERSON…
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.
* TIMING…WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONDUCIVE FOR
EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TODAY.
* WINDS…SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70.
* IMPACTS…ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY.
THESE FIRES WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO
CONTROL.A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. AVOID ALL OUTDOOR
BURNING AND DO NOT DISCARD CIGARETTES…CIGARS AND OTHER SMOKING
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